Art Spell

May 1, 2026

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:14:24 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Venice Biennale Jury Resigns Amid Tension Over Awards Ban by Alex Marshall for The New York Times. The prize jury for the Venice Biennale resigned just days before opening after backlash over its decision to exclude artists from countries accused of war crimes.

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Reinaldo Ladagga, Paul Klee

ArtReview

Taro Nettleton and Noriko Yamakoshi, The Interview: Ei Arakawa-Nash

Jenny Wu, Notes from New York: The World in a Convex Mirror

From the Editors, Venice Biennale 2026 International Jury resigns, competition criteria changes

From the Editors, Georg Baselitz, artist who turned painting upside down, 1938–2026

From the Editors, Converge 45 announces list of artists for 2026 edition

From the Editors, Changes at Manifesta as Hedwig Fijen steps down

Frieze

Jiwon Yu, Must-See: Rosa Loy Finds a Durable Form of Togetherness

From the Editors, German Painter Georg Baselitz Has Died Aged 88

Amina Ahmed, Nikita Kadan Questions Whether War Ever Ends

Andrew Durbin, Behind the 2026 Venice Issue Cover

The Guardian

Jonathan Jones, A mind-bending Spaniard, an imagistic Puerto Rico and a lush Latvian – the week in art

Philip Oltermann, German artist Georg Baselitz dies aged 88

Angela Giuffrida, Venice Biennale jury quits amid row over participation of Russia

Jonathan Jones, ‘In every slurp of paint, you see the Holocaust’: the genius and torments of Georg Baselitz

Hyperallergic

Valentina Di Liscia, Tania Bruguera on Why Today’s Art Must Be Political

Rhea Nayyar, An Art Fair for the “Global Majority” Debuts in Brooklyn

Isa Farfan, Historic Monument Honors New York’s First Arabic-Speaking Community

Ela Bittencourt, Georg Baselitz, Purveyor of the Tortured Male Genius Myth, Dies at 88

Hakim Bishara, Banksy Erects Anti-Imperialist Monument in Central London

Lisa Yin Zhang, Required Reading

Valentina Di Liscia, Art Movements: Curators Named for El Museo’s Latine Art Survey

Rhea Nayyar, Venice Biennale Jury Resigns

The Los Angeles Times

Jessica Gelt, Lucas Museum unveils inaugural exhibitions curated by George Lucas himself

The New York Times

EDITOR’S PICK - Alex Marshall, Venice Biennale Jury Resigns Amid Tension Over Awards Ban: The jury of the world’s most important art exhibition had said it wouldn’t consider artists from countries whose leaders are accused of crimes against humanity.

Walker Mimms, The Prince of Italian Pop Art Smiles Again

Robin Pogrebin, The Audacity of Art at the Obama Presidential Center

Observer

Sarah Moroz, Marina Abramović Brings Psychodrama to Copenhagen’s Cisternerne

Sarah Moroz, In Warsaw, “The Woman Question” Dismantles Art History’s Greatest Myth

Suzaan Boettger, What’s Left to Learn from Marcel Duchamp?

Dan Duray, Curator Adriana Farietta On Why CONDUCTOR Is the Fair the Art World Needs Right Now

Dian Parker, The Metamorphic Wonder of Edmund de Waal

Art Spell is a subscription-based daily roundup of art news and reviews to help you stay current with what’s being reported on in the visual arts community. The profits from Art Spell are donated to organizations supporting art journalists and writers.

April 30, 2026

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:20:23 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Why London’s Whitechapel Gallery Hired an Economist by Margaret Carrigan for Artnet. As institutions struggle with finances, a London gallery has appointed an economist-in-residence to rethink both museum revenue models and the broader social value of cultural institutions.

Art in America

Emily Watlington, 7 Books We’re Looking Forward to in May

The Art Newspaper

Anna Brady, British billionaire’s £200m art collection most expensive ever offered in UK

Rachel Kubrick, Has a new Banksy statue just appeared in central London?

Anny Shaw, Full extent of Stephen Friedman Gallery’s £7.8m debt revealed in filings

Annabel Keenan, Director of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum to depart in October

Gareth Harris, UK’s Brighton & Hove Museums to return 45 artefacts to Botswana

Joe Ware, New space dedicated to Oleg Prokofiev—whose abstract art was censored by Soviet Russia—opens in London

Martin Bailey, Ittai Gradel, gems expert who uncovered British Museum thefts, dies aged 61

Artforum

Harmon Siegel, Hard Feelings: The Whitney Biennial’s Aesthetics of Vulnerability

Olivia Erlanger, Olivia Erlanger on Marie Darrieussecq, Charlie Chaplin, and silence

From the Editors, Ittai Gradel, Whistleblower in British Museum Gem Theft, Dies at 61

From the Editors, Online-Only Art Auctions Overwhelmingly Succeed in 2025

From the Editors, Father Daughter Counterfeiting Duo Face Twenty Years in Prison

From the Editors, Janne Sirén to Depart as Director of Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Artnet

Vittoria Benzine, Klimt, Modigliani, and Freud Lead $200M Lewis Collection at Sotheby’s London

Vittoria Benzine, U.S. Crowdfunds Its Venice Biennale Pavilion

Richard Whiddington, America’s Finest Renaissance Tapestry Set for Major Restoration

Jo Lawson-Tancred, São Paulo Biennial Names Two Rising Brazilian Curators for 2027 Show

Katya Kazakina, King Charles Visits Christie’s in New York, After White House Dinner

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Venice Bound? Here’s All the News You Need to Know About This Year’s Biennale

EDITOR’S PICK - Margaret Carrigan, Why London’s Whitechapel Gallery Hired an Economist: Mariana Mazzucato’s appointment comes as institutions grapple with shrinking budgets, forcing a rethink of how art is funded—and valued.

Richard Whiddington, Duo Who Sold Fake Warhol, Banksy Plead Guilty in $2 Million Fraud

Vittoria Benzine, Rare Roy Lichtenstein Work Could Net $60 Million at Auction

ARTnews

Daniel Cassady and Sarah Douglas, How Will the Venice Biennale Impact Alma Allen’s Market?

Maximilíano Durón, Portland’s Converge 45 Reveals Theme and Artists, Including Trisha Baga, Rose Salane, and Srijon Chowdhury

Tessa Solomon, Ittai Gradel, Danish Gems Expert Who Uncovered British Museum Thefts, Has Died at 61

Leigh Anne Miller, Hermitage Museum Director and Putin Ally Mikhail Piotrovsky Sanctioned by European Union

Tessa Solomon, Zurich’s Galerie Philipp Zollinger Closes After Seven Years

Alex Greenberger, John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence Painting Appears on Trump’s New US Passports

Andy Battaglia, Giorno Poetry Systems Gives Grants to 12 Artists Including Jacolby Satterwhite, Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), and the Late Agosto Machado

Alex Greenberger, Buffalo AKG Art Museum Director Janne Sirén to Depart After 13 Years

Brian Boucher, Whistleblower Complaint Alleges Misconduct at Palm Springs Art Museum, Where an Ex-Trustee Describes a ‘Shattered Moral Compass’

ArtReview

From the Editors, The 11 Exhibitions to See in May 2026

Chris Fite-Wassilak, Beverly Buchanan’s Anti-Monuments

From the Editors, Katherine El-Salahi, anti-apartheid activist, anthropologist and publisher, 1945–2026

Financial Times

Chloe Stead, Can performance art still shock?

The Guardian

Nadia Khomami, Masterpieces by Klimt, Matisse and Freud set for London’s most valuable auction

Helena Horton, Statue with Banksy signature of man blinded by flag appears in London

Eddy Frankel, Nancy Holt review – cosmic thrills as the universe’s hidden power is unleashed

Karin Andreasson, ‘Sensitive, sexy and surreal’: Japan’s Kyotographie festival

Hyperallergic

Isa Farfan, Trump Adds His Face to the US Passport

John Yau, Édouard Glissant’s Museum-as-Archipelago

Matt Stromberg, George Herms, Titan of West Coast Assemblage, Dies at 90

Mia Anzalone, Sotheby’s Auction Raises Funds for Yale MFA Scholarships

Lisa Yin Zhang, Remembering Raghu Rai, Jack Thornell, and Jarvis Rockwell

The New York Times

Walker Mimms, The Prince of Italian Pop Art Smiles Again

Jason Horowitzs, 36 Hour Barcelona

Michael Snyder, Nine Artists on the Gardens They’ll Never Forget

Elisabetta Povoledo, U.S. and Italy Honor Alliance to Curb Art Looting, Amid Broader Tensions

Observer

Christa Terry, Two Venues, One Unforgettable Evening: Inside Ballet Hispánico’s 56th Anniversary Gala

Christa Terry, Observer’s 2026 May Art Fair Calendar (Updated)

Elisa Carollo, How Andrea Alvarez’s Long-Overdue Survey on Contemporary Latinx Art at Buffalo AKG Art Museum Came to Be

Elisa Carollo, Leah Ke Yi Zheng On Painting as a Relational Phenomenon

Sculpture

Chris Sharratt, Ilana Halperin

Penny Florence, Tentacular Thinking: A Conversation with Nicola Turner

T Magazine

Amanda Fortini, Is Yoko Ono the Most Radical Artist of the Trump Era?

Puck

Marion Maneker, Condition Report: Emma Webster

Vogue

Grace Edquist, How Detroit’s Art Scene Is Ushering in a New Chapter for the City

Wallpaper

Anna Solomon, Frictionless: How the pursuit of optimisation reshaped art, aesthetics and us

Hannah Silver, Artists’ skewing of the financial crisis takes a satirical turn at London’s ICA

Carole Dixon, Los Angeles art exhibitions: the best shows to see in May 2026

Tianna Williams, New York art exhibitions to see in May

The Wall Street Journal

Lance Esplund, ‘Celtic Art Across the Ages’ Review: A Visceral Visual Language

Whitehot

Margherita Artoni, GaHee Park: The Exhaustion of Distance

Yezi Lou, Language, Space, and Survival in Greater New York 2026

Byron Armstrong, Keya Tama: Tied by Time at The Tampa EDITION

Myles Fucci, Staging The In-Between with Sarah Ringrave

Soojung Hyun, Beyond the Monument: Jean Shin’s Living Memorial at Green-Wood

Noah Becker, Between Jewelry and Sculpture: The Practice of Yuan Zhou (Elara Chow)

April 29, 2026

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:01:46 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Venice Biennale 2026: How Do You Critique a Posthumous Exhibition? by Martin Herbert for ArtReview. Martin Herbert explores how the 2026 Venice Biennale’s posthumous curation complicates how it can be critically judged.

The Art Newspaper

Sophia Kishkovsky, EU imposes sanctions on Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of Russia’s State Hermitage Museum

Martin Bailey, Ittai Gradel, gems expert who uncovered British Museum thefts, dies aged 61

James Imam, Israel’s foreign ministry accuses Venice Biennale’s jury of ‘politicising’ exhibition

Mercedes Ezquiaga, Two Brazilian curators selected to organise 2027 Bienal de São Paulo

Alton Yan, Texas man who ran cryptocurrency scam supposedly backed by blue-chip art worth $1bn sentenced to 23 years in prison

Aimee Dawson, Tefaf restoration award goes to 500-year-old Medici tapestry

Claudia Barbieri Childs, Who is Gladys Hynes? Show reinstates forgotten artist who once represented Britain at the Venice Biennale

Caroline Roux, East Africa meets Western Europe as Michael Armitage takes on Venice’s Palazzo Grassi

Ben Luke, A brush with... Andrew Cranston—podcast

Artforum

Alex Bacon and David Lamelas, “I deny the concept of sole ownership of artwork”: David Lamelas on his survey at Dia

From the Editors, Arts Collective to Open New Arts Center in Northampton England

From the Editors, Marcello Dantas Named Curator of 2027–29 Vancouver Biennale

From the Editors, Russia’s Venice Pavilion Will Be Closed to Public for Duration of Biennale

From the Editors, Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca Appointed Curators of the 37th São Paulo Bienal

Artnet

Richard Whiddington, The Newest Docent at This Historic Italian Palace Is a Robot

Richard Whiddington, Lost New Testament Pages Recovered After 1,500 Years

Margaret Carrigan, Online Auctions Continue to Draw in First-Time Art Buyers as Sales Grow

Richard Whiddington, America’s Finest Renaissance Tapestry Set for Major Restoration

Vittoria Benzine, Star-Studded Doc on Auction Icon Simon de Pury Heads to Cannes

Vittoria Benzine, Row Over Russia’s Return to the Venice Biennale Deepens

Jo Lawson-Tancred, São Paulo Biennial Names Two Rising Brazilian Curators for 2027 Show

ARTnews

Harrison Jacobs, Natasha Tontey to Unveil Major New Immersive Installation Exploring Indigenous Resistance During Venice Biennale

Harrison Jacobs, A Theatre Group of Exiled Belarusian Artists Arrive in Venice, With an Exhibition That Shows What Repression Feels Like

Maximilíano Durón, Raphael Fonseca and Amanda Carneiro to Curate the 2027 Bienal de São Paulo

Daniel Cassady, New Jersey Father and Daughter Plead Guilty to $2 M. Counterfeit Art Scheme

Daniel Cassady, Judge Orders Prado to Hold Disputed Velázquez Painting in Divorce Case

Leigh Anne Miller, What Does Damien Hirst Have to Do With This Giant McDonald’s Ball Pit in Milan?

Daniel Cassady, Republicans Push $400 M. White House Ballroom After Gala Attack

Andy Battaglia, Aspen AIR Festival to Feature Lucy Raven, Camille Henrot, Los Thuthanaka, Morgan Bassichis, and More

Alex Greenberger, Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art Gets $490 M. from Powerful Real Estate Firm

ArtReview

EDITOR’S PICK - Martin Herbert, Venice Biennale 2026: How Do You Critique a Posthumous Exhibition?: Previous artistic directors have found themselves ripe for a panning. Martin Herbert wonders what will happen to Koyo Kouoh’s In Minor Keys, if anything at all

From the Editors, ArtReview Podcast | Episode 6: Hyeree Ro

BOMB

Phaan Howng, Carly Glovinski by Phaan Howng

Kevin Tervala and Katie Cooke, Rachel Lee Hovnanian by Kevin Tervala and Katie Cooke

Financial Times

Jackie Wullschläger, Matthew Wong’s rhapsodies in blue claim their place in art history

Debika Ray, ‘I wanted to make her proud’: Venice Biennale artists on realising the late Koyo Kouoh’s vision

Frieze

Evan Moffit, Lydia Ourahmane’s Simple Yet Audacious Acts

Matthew Holman, A Brief History of Protest at the Venice Biennale

From the Editors, How to Stage a Performance in Venice

Angel Lambo, Sammy Baloji Binds Past and Present in Uneasy Union

Alastair Curtis, Bugarin + Castle Lead a Parade of Shame

Kite and Livia Russel, Work in Progress: Kite

Galerie

Rima Suqi, Meet the Maker Producing Transfixing Vessels of Candy Ribbon-like Ceramics

Rena Gross, Gagosian Relocates to Ground Floor at Historic 980 Madison Avenue

Alexandria Sillo, Van Cleef & Arpels’s “Spring Is Blooming” Returns to Rockefeller Center

Caroline Roux, Fondazione Dries Van Noten Opens Its Doors in Venice

The Guardian

Steven Morris, ‘Still lots to talk about’: UK galleries team up to shine light on female artists

Nicholas Wroe, Concrete sun tunnels and shimmering pools of water: the monumental land art of Nancy Holt

Jonathan Jones, Zurbarán review – ecstatic visions, primitive surrealism … and the finest loincloths ever painted

Hyperallergic

Isa Farfan, The US Pavilion Is Taking Online Donations

Eliana Perozo, DACA Artist Uses Thread to Weave Immigration Stories

Matt Stromberg, The Box LA, Beloved Risk-Taking Art Space, Closes After 19 Years

Lauren Moya Ford, The Mysterious Life of Fluxus Dame Alison Knowles

Aditya Lyer, The Revolutionary Tapestry of Nigerian Modernism

Isa Farfan, Mexican Cultural Workers Denounce Pedro Reyes Sculpture at LACMA

The New York Times

Alex Marshall, A Curator Died Suddenly. Could the Art World’s Most Important Event Be Saved?

Observer

Christa Terry, At the New York Academy of Art’s Annual Benefit, the Studio Visits Are the Main Event

Jordan Riefe, LACMA’s Bold New Wing Can’t Quite Escape Its Own Contradictions

Elisa Carollo, The Last Surrealist: Artist Enrico Donati’s Collection Heads to Auction

Henry Roberts, At 88, Joel Meyerowitz Is Still Playing Games

Puck

Ingrid Abramovitch, The Luxury Marauders Take Milan

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Woman damages Fountain of Neptune on a pre-wedding dare to grope nude statue

Adam Schrader, Latino arts center The Clemente names inaugural Van Lier fellowship recipients

April 28, 2026

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:15:41 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Comment | Museums are civic institutions. It’s time we acted like it by Lori Fogarty for The Art Newspaper. Director of the Oakland Museum of California argues museums must actively commit to equity and community engagement to earn public trust.

Apollo Magazine

Robert Hanks, Man paints dog: a history of canine art

Valeria Costa-Kostritsky, Inside the crisis at the Louvre

Samuel Reilly, Wanted: a permanent home for Glasgow’s perpetual motion machines

Nicole Rudick, How Marcel Duchamp invented modern art

Edward Behrens, Shining new light on Richter

Christina Makris, Château La Coste keeps its eyes on the prize

William Aslet, The craftsmen with a material understanding of architecture

Emma Crichton-Miller, When form plus function equals fun

Digby Warde-Aldam, Hurvin Anderson’s high-wire acts

Zachary Ginsberg, ‘The best work is chronically online’: at the Whitney Biennial

Arjun Sajip, Frieze is building bridges in New York

Charles Darwent, Jasper Johns, the quiet American

Benjamin Markovits, A Cornish scene where nothing happens, but every detail is full of life

Helena Attlee, Documenting the devastating power of Mount Etna

Fatema Ahmed, What to see at TEFAF New York 2026

Jane Morris, In the art market IRL still beats URL

Hettie Judah, The earthly delights of Abbas Akhavan

Art Asia Pacific

Aisha Traub Chan, The Essential Works of Rirkrit Tiravanija

Louis Lu, Queer Horizon: “Spectrosynthesis Seoul” at Art Sonje Center

Yuqian Fan, Israel Criticizes Venice Biennale Jury over Pavilion’s Exclusion

Art in America

Chen & Lampert, Hard Choices: Should You Donate to Institutions Getting Gutted by Trump?

The Art Newspaper

Gareth Harris, Major Greek contemporary art non-profit Neon to close after 14 years

Maev Kennedy, Nymphs, mermaids and rosy cherubs: mansion filled with hidden wall paintings makes Victorian Society’s endangered buildings list

Amanda Haynes, Barbados’s slavery museum and memorial faces major delays

Alexandre Crochet, Wildenstein dispute over Monet work highlights art market opacity

EDITOR’S PICK - Lori Fogarty, Comment | Museums are civic institutions. It’s time we acted like it: At the Oakland Museum of California we often say: “Keep doing the good work.” We need to be clearer about what the work is and how we commit to it

Benjamin Sutton, Towering homage to Bamiyan Buddhas rises over Manhattan’s High Line

Tim Stone, The forgotten Chinese conceptualists: Melbourne show brings together works by New Measurement Group

Caroline Roux, ‘It’s like the natural world. Nothing lasts forever’: Tadashi Kawamata on creating his temporary sculptures

Matthew Holman, Book uncovers the life of Barnett Newman, an artist who ran for New York mayor

From the Editors, Spice up your life: Tate channels 90s glam at The Groucho Club

Artforum

From the Editors, Inside Alex Da Corte’s practice—from Claes Oldenburg to Rosalyn Drexler and Jessica Stockholder

From the Editors, Liu Ding and Carol Yinghua Lu Named Curators of the 19th Istanbul Biennial

From the Editors, The Box Shutters in Los Angeles After Nearly Two Decades

From the Editors, Sharjah Art Foundation Announces 2027 Biennial Programming

From the Editors, Art Publisher Owes $102.2 Million in Damages for Late Robert Indiana Works

Artnet

Vittoria Benzine, Rare Roy Lichtenstein Work Could Net $60 Million at Auction

Jo Lawson-Tancred, $102 Million Verdict Over Robert Indiana Artwork May End Years-Long Legal Battle

Richard Whiddington, Lost New Testament Pages Recovered After 1,500 Years

Vittoria Benzine, Michael Jackson Accessories Hit the Market Amid Biopic Buzz

Richard Whiddington, This 17th-Century ‘Supercomputer’ Could Set a New Auction Record

ARTnews

Brian Boucher, $60 M. Lichtenstein Comes to the Block at Christie’s, Potentially Joining His Priciest Works at Auction

Anne Doran, Newly Excavated Egyptian Tomb Sheds Light on Greco-Roman Era

Leigh Anne Miller, Seven-Foot-Tall Monument to Ramses II Discovered in Eastern Nile Delta Region

Andy Battaglia, Art Show in London Canceled Over Allegations of Antisemitism from Pro-Israel Group

Eana Kim, Newsmakers: Nalini Malani Lets the Walls Speak with a New Installation in Venice

Daniel Cassady, At 77, Painter Archie Rand Is Still Telling New Stories

Tessa Solomon, Sharjah Biennial Lines Up 109 Artists for 2027 Edition, Titled ‘What Remains, Sits Restive’

Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, Digital Art Pioneer Nancy Burson Collapses the Border Between Mysticism and Quantum Physics

Brian Boucher, A Long-Running Case Centering on Alleged Robert Indiana Forgeries Is Resolved with a $102 M. Settlement

Tessa Solomon, Italian Culture Minister Will Not Attend Venice Biennale Opening in Protest of Russia’s Participation

ArtReview

Rosanna McLaughlin, Can We Stop Making Biopics Now?

Sonja Teszler, Rafał Zajko Is Hatching a Plan

From the Editors, Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca to curate 2027 Bienal de São Paulo

From the Editors, Filipa Ramos takes on 2027 Lofoten Festival

From the Editors, Italian culture minister will not attend opening of Venice Biennale

Financial Times

Amy Sherlock, Lubaina Himid’s art is haunted by a vexed question: who gets to belong in Britain?

Frieze

From the Editors, What Not to Miss in Venice’s Arsenale and Giardini

From the Editors, The Must-See Off-Site Shows at the 61st Venice Biennale

Agnish Ray, Inside Mirna Bamieh’s Edible Meditations on Borders and Belonging

The Guardian

Ben Eastham, Salon review – like getting to know fascinating guests at a fabulous party

From the Editors, ‘Street culture is about revolution’: Brazilian ‘hip-hop’ painter Paulo Nimer Pjota

Melisa Denes, ‘The doorbell went at 5am. Six masked men were outside’: Belarus Free Theatre bring totalitarian terror to the Venice Biennale

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, ‘I was super horny when I made my early work’: Loie Hollowell’s abstract paintings of breasts and vaginas

Hyperallergic

Rhea Nayyar, Russia’s Venice Pavilion to Close to the Public in Compliance With Sanctions

Aaron Short, Co-Working Meets Art at Brooklyn’s Newest Experimental Space

Hakan Topal, The Death of the Art School

Bella Bromberg, Pussy Riot Shows Art by Russia’s Prisoners in New Protest Exhibition

Monica Uszerowicz, Joe Macken Spent 22 Years Building a Miniature New York by Hand

Natalie Haddad, Kim Gordon Was Never Just the “Girl in the Band”

Coco Picard, Lee ShinJa’s Handwoven Portals

The New York Times

Robin Pogrebin, With ‘Sister Dreamer’ Park, Lauren Halsey Brings Her Heroes Home

The New Yorker

Observer

Elisa Carollo, The Vintage Leica Market Is Surging as Analog Photography Finds New Devotees

Christa Terry, Inside YAGP’s 2026 Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow Gala

Nicolas Vamvouklis, Art Brussels Keeps Getting Better at Being Itself

Elisa Carollo, Christie’s Locks in the $450 Million S.I. Newhouse Collection

T Magazine

Rose Corteau, The Artist Whose Work Is as ‘Boundless’ as Water

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Right-wing group Judicial Watch sues Justice Department for records in art theft

Adam Schrader, Taiwan’s Supreme Court upholds artist Sakuliu Pavavalong’s rape conviction

Adam Schrader, Police identify suspect in theft of George Washington painting from Pa. restaurant

Adam Schrader, Exiled Putin critic Marat Guelman opens atomic bomb show at Ethan Cohen

Vanity Fair

The Wall Street Journal

Kelly Crow, War Threatens a Rising Iranian Sculptor’s Breakthrough

The Washington Post

April 27, 2026

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:20:41 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is How Art Firms Are—or Should Be—Using A.I. Right Now by Jo Lawson-Tancred for Artnet. The art market is tentatively adopting A.I., with firms like Bonhams exploring its potential while waiting to see real impact.

Airmail

J.S. Marcus, Off the Wall

Art in America

Lilyanna D’Amato, An Art Historian’s Riotous Novel Melds Medieval Art with Monica Lewinsky

Emily Watlington, How an Artist and Museum Conspired to Give a Delivery Worker What the Apps Won’t: PTO

The Art Newspaper

Gareth Harris, Titian’s ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ to get a refresh with bank conservation grant

Georgina Adam, Final book in trilogy asks: What is the future of the art world?

Benjamin Sutton, Towering homage to Bamiyan Buddhas rises over Manhattan’s High Line

Artforum

Paul Chan, Paul Chan on ICE Whistles and the Politics of Sound

Veronika Molnár, Language as Demolition Tool: Selma Selman’s Letters to Omer

From the Editors, Refik Anadol’s AI “Art” Museum to Open in Los Angeles

From the Editors, Leaky Berlin Modern Museum’s Opening Delayed Until 2030

From the Editors, How Much Is That Chagall in the Window: Metropolitan Opera Faces Funding Crisis After Saudi Deal Collapse

From the Editors, Julia Stoschek Foundation to Close in Berlin

Artnet

Katya Kazakina, The Multibillion-Dollar Maneuvers Behind the Met’s Raphael Show

Richard Whiddington, Matt Dillon’s New Paintings Trace a Journey Across West Africa

Min Chen, Harmony Korine Makes Sense of His Shape-Shifting Art: ‘It’s Really One Whole Work’

EDITOR’S PICK - Jo Lawson-Tancred, How Art Firms Are—or Should Be—Using A.I. Right Now: With tailored tools emerging, galleries and auction houses are beginning to make A.I. work for them.

Vittoria Benzine, Inside Gagosian’s Quiet Power Move to Street Level on Madison Avenue

Katie White, Colleen Barry Wants You to Believe in Pictures Again

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Venice Biennale’s Prize Ban on Israel and Russia Falls Short for Critics

Richard Whiddington, The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Is Being Overhauled by Trump’s Pool Contractor

Vittoria Benzine, Tourist Damages Florence’s Neptune Fountain in Pre-Wedding Stunt

Tom Sanford, The Tabloids Are Fouling Mayor Mamdani Over His Knicks Art. Here’s the Story

Margaret Carrigan, Art Basel Curbs Pre-Fair Sales—and More Art Industry News

Richard Whiddington, Long-Hidden Keith Haring Artworks Come to Auction

Sonia Manalili and Margaret Carrigan, The Art Trade Is Taking Calculated Risks With A.I.

Min Chen, Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood Plot a Mysterious Art Show in Venice

ARTnews

Howard Halle, “Primary Structures,” Turns 60

Alex Greenberger, Israel Addresses Venice Biennale Jury’s ‘Boycott’ of Pavilion: ‘A Contamination of the Art World’

Alex Greenberger, Artists Sell More Than $1 M. in Art at Sotheby’s in Support of a Debt-Free Yale MFA Program

Magnus Resch, Is A Random Unknown Artist More Valuable Than Picasso? AI Thinks So.

Devorah Lauter, A Smaller Art Brussels Represents a Shift in the Fair Ecosystem Toward a ‘Quality-First’ Approach

Maximilíano Durón, LA’s The Box Gallery to Close After 19 Years

Anne Doran, Archaeologists Discover Secret Chambers in one of Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza

Daniel Cassady, Gagosian Opens a New Ground-Floor Flagship at 980 Madison Avenue with Duchamp-Rauschenberg Double Header

Brian Boucher, Collector Julia Stoschek Closes Down Berlin Exhibition Venue After 10 Years In Favor of International Projects

Maximilíano Durón, Judd Foundation Taps Cooper Hewitt Curator as New Director of Design

Tessa Solomon, Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani, a New Sort of Street Artist, Rises from Art History’s Margins

Leigh Anne Miller, Refik Anadol’s AI Art Museum DATALAND Will Open in Los Angeles in June

Tessa Solomon, Gold Trove Linked to Famed Aegina Treasure Discovered on Greek Isle

Jaden Thompson, Michael Jackson’s Signature Loafers Return to Auction as Biopic Hits Theaters

Sandra Salibian, Max Mara Will Stage Its Resort 2027 Show at Shanghai’s Long Museum West Bund

Andy Battaglia, Amid Epstein Blowback, Bard President Leon Botstein Talks About Succession Plan But With No Timeline: Report

ArtReview

Jenny Wu, Appropriation Culture: Richard Prince and Arthur Jafa

From the Editors, Sharjah Biennial announces theme and artists

From the Editors, Liu Ding and Carol Yinghua Lu to curate 2027 Istanbul Biennial

From the Editors, Julia Stoschek Foundation to close Berlin location

Financial Times

Charlotte Burns, A new generation of ‘post-medium’ artists rises at the Venice Biennale

Frieze

From the Editors, What’s on at No.9 Cork Street this May

From the Editors, Arch Hades opens major solo exhibition on the Grand Canal in Venice 

The Guardian

Chloë Ashby, There will be mud! Could my child (and buggy) survive a day at a sculpture park?

Tim Jonze, ‘Tracey Emin said they’re all about death’: Johnnie Shand Kydd on his dog-walk photographs – and capturing the hard-partying YBAs

Christine Baranski and Sharon Maher, Arts funding gap in the north must be closed

Elke Bachler, When archaeology was dominated by men

Lanre Bakare, Tate at a turning point: new director must confront unwieldy ‘beast’ of an art institution

Hyperallergic

Rhea Nayyar, Nude Performance at MFA Boston Confronts One of Art’s Oldest Tropes

Rhea Nayyar, A Buddha Is Reborn on the High Line

Tulsa Kinney, Remembering James Hayward, LA’s Adored Cowboy Painter

Isa Farfan, A Refreshing Turn to Craft at AIPAD’s Photography Show

Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Jan Staller Photographs the Nuts and Bolts of Manhattan’s Urban Symphony

Lori Waxman, Alice Tippit’s Mischievous Erotics

John Yau, Mark Milroy Sees, Remembers, and Imagines at Once

Lakshmi Rivera Amin, A View From the Easel

The New York Times

Robin Pogrebin, $450 Million Worth of Newhouse Trophies Come to Christie’s

Graham Bowley, $100 Million Award Made in Suit Over Unlicensed Robert Indiana Art

Jennifer Schuessler, Student Contest Based on Trump’s Garden of Heroes Downplays Darker History

Penelope Green, The World According to Aldwyth

Penelope Green, Aldwyth, Ascetic Whose Artwork Reordered the World, Dies at 90

The New Yorker

Hilton Als, The Many Forms of Marcel Duchamp

Observer

Dan Duray, In “Trading Beauty,” Valentina Castellani Makes the Case That Markets and Masterpieces Have Always Been Inseparable

Christa Terry, Valerie Mercer and the Long Work of Putting African American Art Where It Belongs

Elisa Carollo, In Dancehall and Reggaetón’s Evolution, MCA Chicago Charts a Global Awakening

T Magazine

Monica Khemsurov, 11 Standout Moments From Salone del Mobile

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Lace installation rooted in Ljubelj concentration camp performance lands in New York

Adam Schrader, A museum that doesn’t exist opens in Tribeca

Adam Schrader, New College says no records exist on art removals as official calls reports ‘not news’

Adam Schrader, Documents: New College of Florida Public Records Response on Campus Art

Vanity Fair

Nate Freeman, Larry Gagosian Talks Duchamp, Sushi—and Gives a First Look at the Top Secret New Gagosian Gallery in New York

The Wall Street Journal

Carol Ryan, Warhol Is Out, Gulfstreams Are In: The Superrich Are Souring on Art

From the Editors, Arts Calendar: Happenings for the Week of April 26

William Meyers, ‘Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne’ Review: Pictures of Production

The Washington Post

From the Editors, Museum and gallery exhibits in the D.C. area this week

April 24, 2026

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:19:30 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Comment | Artnet-Artsy merger: ‘a Bloomberg for art?’ by Georgina Adam for The Art Newspaper. Adam argues the Artnet–Artsy merger could form a powerful art data platform, but doubts remain about its profitability and long-term viability.

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Jennifer Krasinski, Grandma Moses

Airmail

From the Editors, Maurizio Cattelan’s Guide to Milan

The Art Newspaper

Jori Finkel, The Big Review | Lacma’s David Geffen Galleries ★★★★

Garry Shaw, Recently excavated ancient Maya hall may reflect early power-sharing among leaders

Hadani Ditmars, Vancouver Biennale names senior curator for 2027-29 edition

Gareth Harris, Sonic investigations non-profit to be artist-in-residence at London’s Gasworks

Anna Brady, Art Basel’s solution to PDF pre-sales? Ask galleries to reserve works until opening day

EDITOR’S PICK - Georgina Adam, Comment | Artnet-Artsy merger: ‘a Bloomberg for art?’: Initial cost-cutting measures have seen some excellent journalists laid off—will new owner Andrew Wolff manage to turn the business around?

Martin Bailey, The village where Van Gogh spent his final days celebrates its most distinguished visitor

Artforum

Bryan Barcena, “Bellinis at the world’s largest beach house”: Touring the new LACMA

Horace D. Ballard, Bronze Carnivores: How Confederate Monuments Disfigure the Present

Littal Melnik, “Out of the Shadows”: Lionel Wendt’s Photographs of Desire and Distance

From the Editors, Yves Saint Laurent–Owned Mirrors Shatter Record, Selling for $33.5 Million

From the Editors, Thiago de Paula Souza Appointed Curator of Eighth Athens Biennale

From the Editors, Nations Charged With Crimes Against Humanity Will Not Be Considered for Venice Biennale Awards

From the Editors, Turner Prize 2026 Shortlist Announced, Drawing Fire from Critics

Artnet

Min Chen, Harmony Korine Makes Sense of His Shape-Shifting Art: ‘It’s Really One Whole Work’

Min Chen, Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood Plot a Mysterious Art Show in Venice

Vittoria Benzine, Here Are the Artists on the 2026 Turner Prize Shortlist

Richard Whiddington, Refik Anadol’s Dataland Museum Sets an Opening Date

Richard Whiddington, Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Iconic California Installation Returns in a Museum Show

Vittoria Benzine, Philadelphia’s New Art Fair Is Betting Big on Community

Sonia Manalili and Ben Davis, Re-Air: The Young Painter Curators Are Rushing to Work With

ARTnews

Tessa Solomon, Taiwan Revokes National Art Prize from Sakuliu Pavavaljung After Sexual Assault Conviction

Brian Boucher, Collector Justin Sun Sues Trump’s Memecoin Company, World Liberty Financial

Tessa Solomon, World Press Photo of the Year Depicts a Family Torn Apart by ICE

Andrew Russeth, What Is the Venice Biennale? Everything You Need to Know

Andy Battaglia, Edvard Munch Paintings for a Chocolate Factory Go on View in Norway

Maximilíano Durón, Ai Weiwei to Reenact His Own Detention in 24-Hour Performance in Manchester

Leigh Anne Miller, Dartmouth Students Turn to Moldy Beef Jerky Installation in Renewed Bid to Remove Leon Black’s Name from Arts Center

Harrison Jacobs, Berlin Modern Museum Delayed Again as Moisture Damage Pushes Opening to 2030

Alex Greenberger, The Turner Prize Has Revealed Its 2026 Nominees—and Already Courted Controversy

Maximilíano Durón, Gladstone Gallery to Relocate in Seoul, Doubling Exhibition Space

Maximilíano Durón, Art Basel’s Swiss Fair Will Include a New Initiative Where Galleries Will Withhold Works from Their PDF Previews

ArtReview

Sam Jacob, Long Live the King?

Max Crosbie-Jones, What Can the New Dib Bangkok Do for Thai Art?

From the Editors, Thiago de Paula Souza to curate Athens Biennale

Frieze

From the Editors, The Best Shows to See Across the UK Right Now

From the Editors, Frieze Prize Winners at the 2026 Venice Biennale

Nohemí Pérez and Livia Russell, Work in Progress: Nohemí Pérez

The Guardian

Chloë Ashby, Handpicked review – delightful dancing dahlias and petals so pillowy you can feel them

Angela Giuffrida, Venice Biennale jury ‘will not award artists from countries facing war crimes charges’

Eddy Frankel, Shreg the green ogre, a grey obsessive and Vermeer’s boiled egg – the week in art

Hyperallergic

Valentina Di Liscia, Art Movements: Meet the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s New Director

Hrag Vartanian, Hyperallergic’s Guide to the 2026 Venice Biennale

Randa Jumean, Image of Family Torn by ICE Wins World Press Photo of the Year

Phillip Pyle, Ides Kihlen, Abstract Painter and Argentine Art Legend, Dies at 108

Rhea Nayyar, Venice Biennale Awards Jury Won’t Consider Russia and Israel

Rhea Nayyar, Azerbaijan Destroys Armenian Holy Mother of God Church in Artsakh

The New York Times

Scott Reyburn, This ‘Sustainable’ Island Is Venice’s Newest Art Oasis

Observer

Dan Duray, One Fine Show: “Lucas Samaras – Sitting, Standing, Walking, Looking” at the Art Institute of Chicago

Elisa Carollo, In an Age of Image Overload, AIPAD’s The Photography Show Reminds Us What a Photograph Can Do

Elisa Carollo, In Chelsea, 47 Canal and Max Levai Are Betting On Collaboration

Christa Terry, A Museum-Quality Pink Gold Patek Philippe Reference 1518 Will Hit the Block This June

T Magazine

Rose Corteau, The Artist Making Work About Sweat, Ghosts and the Rivers of Pittsburgh

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, With ‘freedom of speech under attack,’ nonprofit urges artists to take political action

Vogue

Hannah Jackson, Nobody Loved an Art Reference More Than Yves Saint Laurent

The Wall Street Journal

James R. Hagerty, Kurt Gitter, an Eye Surgeon Who Became Obsessed With Japanese Art, Dies at Age 89

April 23, 2026

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:17:31 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Venice Biennale Jury Says It Won’t Consider Countries Charged with Crimes Against Humanity, Including Israel and Russia by Alex Greenberger for ARTnews. In the ongoing Venice Biennale participant controversy, the jury has suggested it may withhold recognition from countries like Israel and Russia over war-related concerns.

The Art Newspaper

José da Silva, Nominees for the Turner Prize 2026 announced by Tate

Dale Berning Sawa, ‘The museum is not a space for the elite’: Portuguese building firm’s new museum puts workers first

Osman Can Yerebakan, The Photography Show fair’s 45th edition explores medium’s full history from its origins to AI

Carlie Porterfield, Claude Lalanne’s set of bronze mirrors shatters artist’s auction record at Sotheby’s

Louisa Buck, Slags, bings and pipelines: Edinburgh landscape offers fitting backdrop for exhibition on fossil fuel extraction

Caroline Roux, Latest collection of luxury jewellery house Boucheron inspired by pioneering founder

Artforum

Theo Belci, Making Rent: New York’s New Apartment Galleries and Artist-Run Spaces

Horace D. Ballard, Bronze Carnivores: How Confederate Monuments Disfigure the Present

From the Editors, Institutions Across the US to Benefit from Transformative $116 Million Gift to National Gallery

From the Editors, Closely Watched Curator Raphael Fonseca Joins Lisbon’s Culturgest

From the Editors, EU Cuts Venice Biennale Funding Over Russia Involvement

From the Editors, Barbara Chase-Riboud Speaks Out on Declining US Pavilion Spot

Artnet

From the Editors, 14 Must-See Museum Shows in New York This Spring

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Alma Allen Speaks Out on Backlash Over U.S. Pavilion Commission: ‘A Little Stressful’

Vittoria Benzine, Historic Watch Recovered From Titanic’s Wealthiest Passenger Nets $1 Million

Richard Whiddington, Edvard Munch’s Paintings for a Chocolate Factory Get a Rare Museum Outing

Vittoria Benzine, Centuries-Old Love Letter Deciphered With Help From A.I.

Richard Whiddington, Yves Saint Laurent’s Lalanne Mirrors Sell for Record-Shattering $33.5 Million

ARTnews

EDITOR’S PICK - Alex Greenberger, Venice Biennale Jury Says It Won’t Consider Countries Charged with Crimes Against Humanity, Including Israel and Russia: The jury said its “defense of human rights” was in keeping with Koyo Kouoh’s main exhibition.

George Nelson, Private Sales Are Surging as Auction Houses Lean into Exclusive, Experience-Led Selling

Harrison Jacobs, Top Collector John Phelan Fired as Navy Secretary, After Reports of Pentagon Infighting

Daniel Cassady, An Auction Without Bidding: Loïc Gouzer’s Latest Bet on How to Sell Art

Tessa Solomon, Architectural Competition for Louvre ‘New Renaissance’ Project Reportedly Set to Relaunch in May

Daniel Cassady, Trump White House Ballroom Contract Allowed Anonymous Donors, Limited Oversight

Anne Doran, Dutch Commission Recommends New Guardianship for ‘Orphaned’ Nazi-Looted Art

Maximilíano Durón, Venice Biennale’s 2026 Golden Lion Jury to Be Led by Videobrasil Founder

Leigh Anne Miller, Top 200 Collector Mitchell Rales Gifts $116 M. to National Gallery of Art for Lending Program

Tessa Solomon, Claude Lalanne Mirror Ensemble Sells for $33.5 M., Breaking Design Auction Records

Andy Battaglia, Berlin Museum Oversees Digital Resurrection of Hundreds of Paintings Destroyed During World War II

Leigh Anne Miller, Pittsburgh Shows Off New Public Art Projects in Advance of NFL Draft

Maximilíano Durón, Fraenkel Gallery Partners with New York’s Metrograph for Artist-Curated Series

Alex Greenberger, What You Need to Know About the Venice Biennale’s Russian Pavilion Controversy

Brian Boucher, A Think Tank and a Foundation Team Up On $1 M. in Accelerator Grants for Museum and Performing Arts Leaders—Timothée Chalamet Be Damned

Alex Greenberger, EU Says It ‘Intends’ to Cut Funding to Venice Biennale Because of Russian Pavilion

ArtReview

Yue Ren, Chang-Ching and Rhett Tsai’s Tricks of the Light

From the Editors, Shortlist announced for the Turner Prize 2026

From the Editors, Venice Golden Lion jury won’t consider Russian and Israeli pavilions

From the Editors, Shigeo Toya, artist who looked to nature with his wood sculptures, 1947–2026

Frieze

Maddie Hampton, Emily Kraus’s Glitchy Paintings Challenge Aesthetic Authority

The Guardian

Nadia Khomami, Turner prize shortlist announced

Eddy Frankel, Playing it too safe? This year’s Turner prize nominees lack the anger – and joy – of previous years

Yassin El-Moudden, ‘We’re attached to this land like a tree is rooted in soil’: unexpectedly timely exhibition speaks up for the people of south Lebanon

Philip Oltermann, Has the world grown weary of art biennials? In search of an antidote, a Portuguese festival turns to anarchism

Jenny Waldman, Art for art’s sake, but for people’s health too

Hyperallergic

Michael Glover, Tale of a Riderless Horse

Ed Simon, Hans Holbein Painted the Human

Lisa yin Zhang, Remembering Desmond Morris, James Hayward, and Flo Oy Wong

Lisa Siraganian, Can an Artwork Have Personhood?

Isa Farfan, Historic $116M Gift Endows Lending Program at National Gallery of Art

Naomi Polonsky, Can the V&A’s New Museum Fulfill Its Democratic Promise?

The Los Angeles Times

Jessica Gelt, Dataland, the world’s first museum of AI arts, sets opening date and first exhibition

The New York Times

Alex Marshall, Turner Prize Nominees Take Viewers on ‘Extraordinary Journeys’

EDITOR’S PICK - Melena Ryzik, How a Museum Built Its Buzz: Popcorn, Puppets and Free Tickets: The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, long a home for cinephiles, doubled attendance by repositioning itself as a community hub.

Tim F. Schneider, The Nerve Center of This Art Fair Isn’t Painting. It’s Couture.

Nina Siegal, In Central Java, an Eco-Resort Aims to Build Sustainability Through Creativity

Observer

Elisa Carollo, Diane Keaton’s Collection Heads to Bonhams, Revealing a Life Shaped by Singular Taste

Dan Duray, One Fine Show: “Modern Art and Politics in Germany 1910-1945” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art

Elisa Carollo, The Best New Discoveries of Milan Art Week 2026

Puck

Marion Maneker, Condition Report: Cara Zimmerman, Head of Outsider Art, Christie’s

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Mystic Seaport Museum workers vote narrowly to unionize; result challenged

Adam Schrader, Miami tourist in $40K gallery theft case gets probation; cases closed

Adam Schrader, Dutch Silver Museum struggles to reopen after theft wiped out collection

Adam Schrader, World Art Dubai postponed to November amid regional disruptions

The Wall Street Journal

Brian P. Kelly, ‘Greater New York 2026’ Review: The City Past and Present at PS1

Whitehot

Emann Odufu, David Smalling: Elizabethan Collar at Galerie Templon

Kun Sok, “Buddha and Shiva” - When Objects Outlive Their Worlds: Asia Society, New York

Petra Mason, Palma: The Conference of the Palm Trees. Artist Mehdi-Georges Lahlou and curator Virginie Puertolas-Syn in conversation.

April 22, 2026

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:16:35 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Inside LACMA’s Eye-Popping New Home, How Do You Find the Art? by Holland Cotter for The New York Times. Cotter agues that LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries dazzles architecturally but complicates how its collection is displayed.

The Art Newspaper

Ben Luke, A brush with... Sanya Kantarovsky—podcast

David D’Arcy, New biography of Chaïm Soutine pieces together illusive artist’s life and works

Constanza Ontiveros Valdés, Mass shooting at Mexico’s Teotihuacan archaeological site leaves one dead, 13 injured

Gareth Harris and José da Silva, Antony Gormley sculpture quietly removed and sold off by UK council

Annabel Keenan, Sustainability charity Gallery Climate Coalition launches new consultancy to support climate action

Alton Yan, US National Gallery of Art gifted more than 1,200 Mitch Epstein photographs

Ruth Jean-Marie, Lack of accountability after crush of crowds at Haiti’s Citadelle Laferrière kills 25

Nathan Eddy, Caravaggio and Rubens works destroyed by fire in Second World War are brought back to (digital) life

Artforum

Simon Denny, Epic Fury: The Dark Art of Defense Tech

Tina Rivers Ryan, Can Festivals Save Time-Based Art? On Mexico City’s TONO

From the Editors, Marian Goodman Gallery Hits “Pause” in Los Angeles

From the Editors, Renoir Not Seen in Public for 97 Years Will Go Up for Auction in May

From the Editors, Rare Books Worth $3 Million Stolen From Former MoMA President Recovered

From the Editors, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan Named Director of Smithsonian American Art Museum

Artnet

Vittoria Benzine, Smithsonian’s American Art Museum Appoints New Director Amid Turbulent Moment

Jo Lawson-Tancred, How Pussy Riot Is Challenging Russia’s Return to the Venice Biennale

Richard Whiddington, Has A.I. Solved the Mystery of This El Greco Painting?

Vittoria Benzine, Never-Before-Seen Calder Sculpture Emerges on the Auction Block in Paris

Margaret Carrigan, Which Auction House Led the Pack in 2025?

ARTnews

Anne Doran, An Alexander Calder Retrospective in Paris Underscores His Inventiveness

Maximilíano Durón, Collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos’s NEON to Conclude After ‘Having Fulfilled Its Mission’

Daniel Cassady, Tiffany Window From Connecticut Church Could Fetch $2 M. at Christie’s

Bella Bromberg, The Iran War Is Already Tanking Luxury Sales in the Gulf—Could Art Be Next?

Daniel Cassady, Diego Rivera’s Grandson Donates 150,000 Objects to Major Mexico City Museum

Andy Battaglia, Auction of Diane Keaton’s Collection Includes Art, Fashion, and Personal Treasures from Decades on Film

Tessa Solomon, Mexican President Calls for Stricter Gun Control After Deadly Shooting at Teotihuacán Pyramids

Brian Boucher, The $53 M. Wingate Collection Comes to Sotheby’s, Led by a $25 M. Giacometti

Harrison Jacobs, Smithsonian Taps Peabody Essex’s Lynda Roscoe Hartigan to Lead American Art Museum, a Target of Trump Administration

Alex Greenberger, Barbara Chase-Riboud Says She Declined US Pavilion Offer Because It Was ‘Not the Moment’

ArtReview

J.J. Charlesworth, Is Art Good for Your Health?

From the Editors, Lynda Roscoe Hartigan named director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum

From the Editors, Desmond Morris, zoologist, presenter and surrealist painter, 1928–2026

From the Editors, Finland’s political leadership to retract from Venice Biennale over Russian Pavilion

Frieze

Chloe Stead, Silvestre Pestana’s LED Signs Give Language Charge

Emile Rubino, 7 Must-See Shows During Art Brussels

Annette Lepique, Art with Bite: Putting Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore’s Bravery on Display

Galerie

Suzy Katz, Who Are the Impressionist Record Breakers? Top Auction Results for Monet, Renoir, Manet and More

The Guardian

Chloë Ashby, The Wonderful World that Almost Was by Andrew Durbin review – the queer artists who shaped New York cool

Hyperallergic

From the Editors, What We Loved (And Didn’t) in “Greater New York”

Isa Farfan, A Poetic Tribute to Ona Judge Is Coming to Philadelphia

Rhea Nayyar, Barbara Chase-Riboud Speaks Out on Declining US Biennale Pavilion

Aaron Short, Highlights and Hidden Gems at Dumbo Open Studios

Zoe Guy, A Blockbuster Take on Ovid’s “Metamorphosis”

The Los Angeles Times

Leah Ollman, Getting lost in the art is the best part of LACMA’s new revisionist fever dream of a museum

Monocle

From the Editors, How African art is taking over the Venice Biennale – and the world

The New York Times

EDITOR’S PICK - Holland Cotter, Inside LACMA’s Eye-Popping New Home, How Do You Find the Art?: Our critic calls the David Geffen Galleries “a beacon of glam with brains.” As a space to show art, it has problems. The Latino art is a revelation (if you can navigate the maze).

Robin Pogrebin, With $116 Million Gift, National Gallery Will Send Its Art Around Nation

Nina Siegal, Dutch Panel Designs Plan to Deal With ‘Orphaned’ Nazi-Looted Art

Nina Siegal, Imagining the Manosphere as a Kinder, Gentler Place

Farah Nayeri, Olafur Eliasson Uses Art and Sound to Raise Climate Awareness in Utah

Keridwen Cornelius, The Vienna Climate Biennale Contrasts Chaos with Hope

Alex V. Cipolle, A Rural Mural’s Transition From Artifact to Art

David Belcher, An Installation in Nature has Climate Lessons for Humans

Ted Loos, The Haas Brothers’ Creative Creations Are on Tour

Observer

Christa Terry, Lukas Amacher Is Building a Chatbot for the Art World

Sarah Moroz, Paris Internationale Expands to Milan, Testing New Ground

OCULA

Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti, Bring It Home

Philippa Kelly, $35M Renoir, Not Seen at Auction for Almost a Century, to Go Under the Hammer at Christie’s

Puck

Marion Maneker, Alexander the Great

Sculpture

Zoe Kosmidou, From the Underworld to the Sky: A Conversation with Joan Danziger

Sandra Wagner, “MONUMENTS”

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Israeli fighters who destroyed Jesus statue jailed. Where are the other arrests?

Adam Schrader, Florida woman charged after $45K counterfeit check tied to Flagler Museum

Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Alexandra Kaiser records in Flagler Museum fraud case

Adam Schrader, Art Warsaw to stage roaming fair in Cold War-era British Embassy

Adam Schrader, Bronx painter Daniel Hauben mounts large-scale show inside renovated historic church

Vulture

From the Editors, Jerry Saltz’s ’90s Slideshow

Jerry Saltz, My ’90s Art World

April 21, 2026

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:20:01 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is There Has Never Been an Apolitical Venice Biennale by Oliver Basciano for ArtReview. More than a century after its founding, the Venice Biennale remains a stage where art and national propaganda operate as tools of soft power.

Apollo Magazine

From the Editors, France passes law to make restitution easier

Michael Delgado, Restoring Dresden’s crowning glory

Anna Brady, Claude brings in the Monet at this month’s auctions in Paris

George Macbeth, Honoré Daumier, a satirist of his time – and ours

Art Asia Pacific

Mikala Tai, The 25th Biennale of Sydney: “Rememory”

Emmanuelle Richter, Mikala Tai to Curate 2027 TarraWarra Biennial

Yuqian Fan, Art Dubai Adapts to Conflict with “Special Edition”

The Art Newspaper

Scott Reyburn, Gulf art market feels the force of Middle East conflict

Mercedes Ezquiaga, Diego Rivera’s grandson donates more than 150,000 objects to Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli

Giovanni Aloi, What is a botanical curator? Rahel Kesselring takes on inaugural role at Fondation Beyeler

Roger Bowdler, New catalogues reveal Royal Collection’s vast sculpture holdings—and Queen Victoria’s acquisition spree

Artforum

Violet Dennison, Violet Dennison on Lee Lozano, Louis XIV, and the “Strangely Catchy” Judee Sill

From the Editors, Art Dubai to Present Significantly Smaller Event After Iran War Forces Postponement

From the Editors, Mikala Tai Appointed Curator of 2027 TarraWarra Biennial

From the Editors, Arthur Jafa and Julie Mehretu Among Art Basel Awards 2026 Medalists

From the Editors, Maria Schnyder Named New Director of De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art

Artnet

Richard Whiddington, Luminous Tiffany Window Poised to Net $2 Million at Auction

Jo Lawson-Tancred, V&A East Launches With a Fresh Lens on a 2.8 Million-Object Collection

Vittoria Benzine, Diane Keaton’s Iconic Wardrobe and Art Collection Head to Auction

Vittoria Benzine, Was This Anne Boleyn’s Seat? Rare 500-Year-Old Chair Linked to the Tudor Queen

Margaret Carrigan, Inside Sotheby’s Latest Financial Maneuvers

ARTnews

Karen Chernick, 13 Nudes That Changed Western Art History

Maximilíano Durón, Marian Goodman Gallery to ‘Pause’ Operations in Los Angeles

Alex Greenberger, Twombly Foundation to Exhibit Rare Rauschenberg Works at Gagosian

George Nelson, Agnes Gryczkowska Discusses Curating Marina Abramović’s New Berlin Mega Show

Bella Bromberg, Christie’s to Offer $35 M. Renoir Painting Owned by Whitney Family For Nearly a Century

Maximilíano Durón, A Work Gifted to David Drake’s Descendants Is the Star of Theaster Gates’s Powerful Gagosian Show

Leigh Anne Miller, AI Model Reveals New Information About Authorship of 17th-Century El Greco Altarpiece

Brian Boucher, Three Months Out from Mandated Deadline, Trump’s Sculpture Garden Languishes

Anne Doran, Rare Books Stolen from Former MoMA President Are Returned

Daniel Cassady, Alma Allen’s US Pavilion Heads to Venice Amid Questions Over Selection Process

Brian Boucher, Dealer Matthew Brown More Than Doubles His Los Angeles Space with Move to Hollywood Media District: ‘I Really Believe in LA’

Harrison Jacobs, Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter to Co-Headline ‘Immersive Experience’ at Art Basel

Tessa Solomon, Suspect Charged in $45,000 Fraud Incident Involving Floridian Museum

Alex Greenberger, Hans Ulrich Obrist Reveals the One Artist Who Refused to Let Him Into Their Studio

Andy Battaglia, See Photos from Archives of Nine Photographers Going to Center for Creative Photography

Daniel Cassady, Investor Says Artnet Layoffs Were Necessary for ‘Financial Strength’

Brian Boucher, Art Transport Hobbled and Prices Surging in Asia Amid US and Israel’s War in Iran

ArtReview

EDITOR’S PICK - Oliver Basciano, There Has Never Been an Apolitical Venice Biennale: More than a century on, the Venice Biennale remains a stage for soft-power plays, where art and propaganda are inseparable

From the Editors, Ibrahim Mahama awarded 2026 Arnold Bode Prize

BOMB

Jared Quinton, Haig Aivazian by Jared Quinton

Cultured

Eve Eismann, 13 Art Shows You Don’t Want to Miss During Milan Design Week

Family Style

Karly Quadros, For Diya Vij, Mayor Mamdani’s New Culture Czar, Art Is a Labor Issue
Sam Falb, These Collectors Started With a Soviet Camera. Their Holdings Now Span Three Continents.

Financial Times

Julia Halperin, America’s Venice Biennale artist was scorned by tastemakers — he says he’s misunderstood

Frieze

Andrew Pasquier, What Do Danh Vo’s Curated Collections Add Up To?

The Guardian

María Ramírez, Picasso’s Guernica is the ultimate emblem of the horrors of war. It has no place in Spain’s partisan squabbles

Charlotte Jansen, Martin Parr: Global Warning review – the great photographer in all his gluttonous, giddy glory

Hyperallergic

Jerry Elengical, Jean Shin’s Living Memorial to the Trees of Green-Wood Cemetery

Isa Farfan, Mexico to Divert Train Route After Cave Art Discovery

John Yau, Jule Korneffel Finds Meaning at the End of Light

Jonah Goldman Kay, Leonardo Madriz’s Monuments to the Precarity of Now

Rhea Nayyar, Genesis P-Orridge’s Subversive Mail Art Goes on View

Naz Cuguoğlu, The Future of Museums Is a Dance Floor

The Los Angeles Times

Iris Kwok, Early visitors share first impressions of LACMA’s sprawling new building

The New York Times

Laura Rysman, For Italy’s Art Pioneer, a New Bronze Age

Lauren Gallow, How an Art Event in the California Desert Became a Community

Zoë Lescaze, An Artist Asks: Without Darkness, Who Are We?

Ted Loos, An Artist Devoted to the Origins of Paints

Observer

Daniel Grant, What Happens When a Sitter Hates Their Portrait?

Sarah Moroz, miart’s Three-Tier Experiment Reflects a Changing Milan

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Jupiter Contemporary Legal Cases

Adam Schrader, Jupiter Contemporary faces lawsuits over rent, artist disputes and damaged artwork

April 20, 2026

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:25:32 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Art Galleries Are Quietly Embracing A.I. But Most Have No Guardrails in Place by Elisa Carollo for Observer. A report finds most galleries now use A.I. but lack clear policies or safeguards, raising concerns about data security and accuracy.

Airmail

Nicholas Fox Weber, An American in Paris

From the Editors, The Secret Life of Kurt Vonnegut

Art in America

Tyehimba Jess, Edmonia Lewis Was the Earliest Known Black Artist to Depict Emancipation. This Is Her First Retrospective.

The Art Newspaper

Hokhang Cheung, US-Israel war on Iran disrupts art transport routes as prices surge

Sarvy Geranpayeh, Lebanon appeals to Unesco to intervene amid fears protected citadel has been destroyed

Martin Bailey, Drum and trumpet with human skulls attached complicate plan for restitution from Los Angeles to Ghana

Gareth Harris, Recently restored castle in Norwich among five institutions shortlisted for UK’s top museum prize

Gareth Harris, British Art Show—exhibiting UK’s ‘most exciting’ art in past five years—announces line up for tenth edition

Artforum

Lola Kramer, Whining and Dining with Louis Osmosis

From the Editors, ADAA Art Fair Will Now Benefit the Whitney Museum

From the Editors, Walker Art Center Severs Ties With Restaurant, Citing ‘Core Values’

From the Editors, Theme and Artists Revealed for Ekow Eshun–Curated British Art Show 10

From the Editors, Ax Swings Following Artsy/Artnet Consolidation as Top Reporters Are Laid Off

Artnet

Sarah Cascone, Art Dealers Try Their Hand as Artists in This Unusual Exhibition

Margaret Carrigan, Sotheby’s Debt, Delays, and the Drahi Playbook

Min Chen, Lost Bob Dylan Lyric Sheet Resurfaces After 60 Years—and Other Rare Finds Heating Up the Market

Vittoria Benzine, Rare Books Stolen From Ex-MoMA President’s Home Recovered After Nearly 40 Years

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Thomas J. Price’s Monumental Sculpture Anchors V&A East’s Opening in London

Richard Whiddington, Collector Jennifer Gilbert Is Selling Modernist Masterpieces to Fund Her New Arts Space

Vittoria Benzine, Olivia Rodrigo’s New Music Video Is a Dizzying Romp Through Versailles

ARTnews

Anne Doran, Ruins of a ‘Unique‘ Temple Complex Discovered in Northern Sinai

Maximilíano Durón, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s Art Speaks in a Language Left for Us to Translate

Harrison Jacobs, Finland Pulls Back Venice Biennale Presence Over Return of Russian Pavilion

Leigh Anne Miller, Catalan Museum Has Yet to Follow Through on Court Order to Return Contested Murals to Aragon Monastery

Brian Boucher, Sotheby’s Paris Notches a $41 M. Modern and Contemporary Sale, Led by a $12 M. Monet Unseen for a Century

Daniel Cassady, Sotheby’s Returns to Profit as Sales Rise, Though Cash Pressures Persist

Tessa Solomon, Turkey Notches Another Successful Restitution After Denver Art Museum Returns 1500-Year-Old Marble Head

Daniel Cassady, Jennifer Gilbert Consigns Blue-Chip Works to Sotheby’s to Fund Detroit Arts Space

Andy Battaglia, Archaeologists Discover 6,000-Year-Old ‘Megastructure’ in Romania

Maximilíano Durón, The Triumphant New LACMA Has the Potential to Rewrite Art History

ArtReview

Yuwen Jiang, Guangzhou Image Triennial 2025 Review: The Case for Sensitivity

From the Editors, Mikala Tai to curate 2027 TarraWarra Biennial

Frieze

Agnish Ray, Must-See: Mirosław Bałka and the Fragility of Memory

The Guardian

Charlotte Jansen, Martin Parr: Global Warning review – the great photographer in all his gluttonous, giddy glory

Chloë Ashby, My toddler threw a toy pig at an artwork – and inspired this guide for small kids in galleries

Lanre Bakare, V&A East Storehouse and Norwich Castle among finalists for museum of the year

Dalya Alberge, Hamnet-era mourning jewel from celebrated painting rediscovered after 400 years

Hyperallergic

Hadley Suter, Tania El Khoury’s Soothing “Revenge Art”

Veronika Molnar, Dismantling Orbán’s 16-Year Grip on Hungary’s Art World

Aaron Short, Joan Semmel Is Doing Her Best Work at 93

Isa Farfan, In an Unlikely Pairing, Giacometti Sculptures Head to The Met’s Temple of Dendur

Sarah Rose Sharp, Harry Bertoia Gets His Moment

Lakshmi Rivera Amin, A View From the Easel With Celia Paul

The Los Angeles Times

Jessica Gelt, Inside LACMA’s lavish opening gala for the David Geffen Galleries with George Lucas, Ed Ruscha and Jeff Koons

Malia Mendez, Gagosian Beverly Hills hosts first Frank Gehry show since the iconic architect’s death

The New York Times

Zachary Small, With Trump Novices, Can the U.S. Win the ‘Art Olympics’?

Alina Tugend, U.S. Museums Reach Deep into America’s Past

Shivani Vora, A Time of Growth for Museums for Children

Shivani Vora, A New Museum in California Aims to Draw Children to Science

Ted Loos, Finding a New Approach to Displaying a Museum Collection

Sam Lubell, After the Heists: Securing Museums Without Closing Them Off

Michael S. Rosenwald, Paul Waldman, Creator and Curator of Art Museum for Birds, Dies at 89

Alex Williams, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Painter of Hotly Topical Images, Dies at 46

The New Yorker

Zachary Fine, Was Raphael the Runt of the Renaissance?

Observer

Dan Duray, Jean Cooney Is Back at Creative Time and Ready to Take New Risks

Dan Duray, Charles Chemin Has Been Training to Lead Watermill His Whole Life

Christa Terry, YoungArts’ Glamorous Raúl Àvila-Designed Gala Returns to the Met’s Iconic Temple of Dendur

EDITOR’S PICK - Elisa Carollo, Art Galleries Are Quietly Embracing A.I. But Most Have No Guardrails in Place: A new report reveals that A.I. adoption among gallery professionals is widespread, ungoverned and accelerating.

Elisa Carollo, At the Bronx Museum Gala, a Community-Built Institution Prepares for Its Next Chapter

Daniel Grant, Is That a Caneletto? Kind of.

T Magazine

Julia Halperin, What Is Performance Art?

Julia Halperin, When Is Art Actually Surreal?

M.H. Miller, So You Bought a Hole in the Desert

Julia Halperin, Artists on the Must-See Works at Their Favorite Museums

M.H. Miller, What You Need to Know About Contemporary American Art

Julia Halperin, 10 Painting Movements Everyone Should Know

Julia Halperin, 10 Important Works of Pottery

Julia Halperin, 11 Masks That Define World Culture

Julia Halperin, 9 Technical Innovations That Changed the Art of Painting

Julia Halperin, 8 Defining Works of American Land Art

Julia Halperin, 6 Famously Controversial Works of Art

Julia Halperin, What Is Conceptual Art, Actually?

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, U.N.’s human rights office expresses concern over Gao Zhen trial

Adam Schrader, FBI closed probe into stolen Picasso aquatint with no arrests, recovery firm says

Adam Schrader, Artist appeals dismissal of lawsuit targeting Smithsonian over his pro-Trump painting

Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Julian Raven appeals dismissal of lawsuit over his pro-Trump painting

Adam Schrader, Denver Art Museum repatriates marble sculpture to Turkey

Adam Schrader, Cherry blossoms inspire multinational exhibition at Romanian Cultural Institute

Adam Schrader, Carved wood ‘arbrasson’ blends sculpture and sound, echoing lost musical tradition

Vanity Fair

Nate Freeman, It’s LACMA’s World, and Hollywood Wants to Play in It

The Wall Street Journal

Kelly Crow, The Museum Director Who Likes to Host Meetings at 3 a.m.

From the Editors, Arts Calendar: Happenings for the Week of April 19

Eric Gibson, Dazed and Confused at the New LACMA

April 17, 2026

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:20:27 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Our Critics Disagree on MoMA PS1’s Greater New York, a Wide-Ranging Survey Defined by a Fascination with Fragility by Maximilíano Durón and Alex Greenberger for ARTnews. Two critics engage in a lively written debate over the merits and shortcomings of the new MoMA PS1 show.

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Aruna D’Souza, Noah Davis

Apollo Magazine

From the Editors, Jennifer Scott, Dulwich Picture Gallery

Art Asia Pacific

Kevin Jones, Defying Soft Power: “Proximities” at SeMA

Jennifer S. Li, Roksana Pirouzmand’s Dual‑Site Meditation on Loss

Annette Meier, Vietnam to Debut at 2026 Venice Biennale

Emmanuelle Richter, 2026 Art Basel Award Winners Announced

Michele Chan, Kazakhstan Presents “Qoñyr: Archive of Silence” at Venice Biennale

Yuqian Fan, Qatar Pavilion Announces Artists for 2026 Venice Biennale

The Art Newspaper

Gareth Harris, English museums should only charge tourists if digital ID checks in place, UK politician says

Martin Bailey, How did a 16th-century European basin end up as a sacred object in West Africa?

James Imam, The Big Review: Rothko in Florence ★★★★★

Larry Humber, Toronto Biennial takes waterways as inspiration for its fourth edition

Hadani Ditmars, Ruins of ‘unique’, circular water temple discovered in Egypt

Barry Pierce, How Wayne McGregor’s epic ballets draw on help from his artistic friends

Martin Bailey, Zurich’s controversial Bührle Collection is rehung, including five paintings by Van Gogh—plus one forgery

Gareth Harris, London’s Southbank Centre to receive £10m government funding boost

Carlie Porterfield, Art Basel reveals 33 medalists for second edition of its awards

James Imam, Barcelona museum refuses to return Sijena murals to monastery

Artforum

María Carri, The Conditions of Legibility: Silät from A to Z

Michael Lobel, Jacob Lawrence and the Unfinished History of American Inequality

From the Editors, Toronto Biennial of Art Announces Artists and Theme for 2026 Edition

From the Editors, V&A Museum Has Acquiesced to Censorship Requests from Chinese Printer: Report

From the Editors, Morad Montazami Named Artistic Director of 16th Dak’Art Biennial

From the Editors, Artnet and Artsy Announce They’re ‘Joining Forces’ Under Shared Leadership

Artnet

Ben Davis, Here’s What LACMA’s Lavish New Building Looks Like

Richard Whiddington, Monet Masterpiece, Unseen for a Century, Sets Auction Record in France

Vittoria Benzine, This Watch Witnessed the Rise of the Empire State Building. Now It’s Up for Sale

Richard Whiddington, Giacometti Meets the Gods in the Met’s Temple of Dendur Show

Vittoria Benzine, Lost Lincoln Portrait From Teddy Roosevelt’s Office Reemerges After a Century

Sonia Manalili and Andrew Russeth, One of the Art Market’s Biggest Secrets, Revealed

Richard Whiddington, French Engineer Snags $1 Million Picasso With $116 Raffle Ticket

ARTnews

Alex Greenberger, Walker Art Center Severs Ties with Restaurant for Laying Off Workers in Favor of QR Codes

Tessa Solomon, Prominent German Art Foundation Accuses Top Culture Official of ‘Attempted Intimidation’

Brian Boucher, Lorna Simpson’s David Adjaye–Designed Brooklyn Home and Studio Remains On the Market—At a Much-Reduced Price

Brian Boucher, Arts Groups Speak Out Against US Trade Representative’s Potential New Tariffs

Brian Boucher, Maurizio Cattelan Opens Up About Sin, Silence, and Stealing: ‘I’m Guilty Too’

EDITOR’S PICK - Maximilíano Durón and Alex Greenberger, Our Critics Disagree on MoMA PS1’s Greater New York, a Wide-Ranging Survey Defined by a Fascination with Fragility: Many of the show’s 53 artists are concerned with weakened infrastructure and failing systems of support.

Andy Battaglia, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani to Skip Met Gala, Sources Say

Alex Greenberger, Artnet Makes Significant Layoffs Following Consolidation with Artsy

Harrison Jacobs, Foundation, a Prominent NFT Platform of the 2021 Boom, Shuts Down After Failed Sale

ArtReview

Abdul Halik Azeez, Galle Facing

Sofia Hallström, The Antwerp Six and the Problem of Now

From the Editors, Art Dubai announces details for revised 2026 edition

From the Editors, Morad Montazami appointed artistic director of 2026 Dakar Biennale

BOMB

Erica Dawn Lyle, Grace Rosario Perkins by Erica Dawn Lyle

Frieze

Jessica Simmons-Reid, Marsha Pels Presents a Material Memorandum on Grief

The Guardian

Eddy Frankel, Racheal Crowther review – unnerving installation attacks your mind … and your nostrils!

Eddy Frankel, Petal passion, super-surreal Polaroids and Billy Childish’s California – the week in art

Ima Caldwell, Australian photographer wins at world photography awards with ‘barefoot volcanologist’ image

Diane Taylor, V&A faces calls to become living wage employer on eve of Stratford opening

Oliver Wainwright, Like a concrete aircraft carrier: was LA’s giant new $724m gallery really worth all the carbon emissions?

Dalya Alberge, Pooh in pencil: sketches for original Winnie-the-Pooh book shared for first time

Hyperallergic

Hrag Vartanian, Lisa Yin Zhang and Rhea Nayyar, MoMA PS1’s “Greater New York” Is Gritty, Stunning, and Gutting

Valentina Di Liscia, Art Movements: Dozens Laid Off at Artnet and Artsy

Anna Oakes, Rawya El Chab Tends to the Wounds of Lebanon’s Civil War

Nanase Shirokawa, The Unnameable Artists of the Canton Trade System

Isa Farfan, In Surprising Twist, ADAA Art Fair Will Now Benefit the Whitney Museum

Matt Stromberg, LACMA’s New Building Invites You to Chart Your Own Path

Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Required Reading

The New York Times

Max Lakin and Vincent Tullo, ‘Greater New York’ Brings the Noisy, Messy Vitality of 53 Artists

Patricia Leigh Brown, The Phillies Owner and His Wife Collect Art’s Heavy Hitters

Shivani Vora, Pittsburgh’s Children’s Museum Satisfies a Hunger for Eric Carle

Laurel Graeber, A ‘Cabinet of Wonders’ on Show at the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Leslie Wayne, In Its ‘Greater New York’ Show, MoMA PS1 Focuses on the Here and Now

Observer

Elisa Carollo, Jessica Taylor Bellamy’s Captured Realities Are Never Fully What They Seem

Tolani Akinola, Author Tolani Akinola’s 10 Best Books About Dysfunctional Families

Elisa Carollo, Marcel Duchamp at MoMA: Five Revelations From the Artist’s First North American Survey in Over 50 Years

Puck

Marion Maneker, Art Market Moneyball, With Clare McAndrew

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Bloodbath by Beowolff: Artnet editorial staff slashed in mass layoff after Artsy consolidation

April 16, 2026

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:31:21 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is With Artnet and Artsy, Andrew Wolff Is Laying the Groundwork for a New Kind of Art-World Ecosystem by Elisa Carollo for Observer. Andrew Wolff says Beowolff’s combined ownership of Artnet and Artsy is establishing the foundation for a new AI-powered art ecosystem while keeping the platforms distinct.

Art in America

Ara H. Merjian, What We Miss When We Talk About Giacometti

Eliza Goodpasture, A Schiaparelli Show Offers a Properly Surrealist Mash-Up of Art and Fashion

The Art Newspaper

Richard Unwin, ‘The extremely happy part of the crowd’: Hungarian arts figures hope for change after 16 years of Orbán rule

James Imam, Barcelona museum refuses to return Sijena murals to monastery

Sarvy Geranpayeh, More than 200 cultural figures sign statement criticising international response to destruction of Iran’s heritage

Veronica Horwell, V&A exhibition honours designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s unique synthesis of fine art and fashion

Artforum

Tom McDonough, “Vagrant and Astray”: Danh Vo’s Wandering Objects at the Stedelijk

From the Editors, $120 Raffle Ticket Nets $1.2 Million Picasso

From the Editors, Hampshire College, Alma Mater to Many in the Arts, Closing

From the Editors, Sotheby’s Owes Real Estate Firm $10.2 Million Commission: Lawsuit

Artnet

Vittoria Benzine and Richard Whiddington, 7 New Art Books to Step Into Spring

Vittoria Benzine, Unseen George Condo Works Arrive at Auction From Anna Condo’s Collection

Margaret Carrigan, Art Dubai Downsizes Dramatically as War Reshapes Plans

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Mystery 17th-Century Portrait Sparks Search for Identity of Black Sitter

Richard Whiddington, Rare Medieval Seal Rediscovered After 40-Year Disappearance

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Is Chinese Censorship Reaching Inside Britain’s Museums?

Eileen Kinsella, Billionaire Collector Ken Griffin’s Basquiat Buying Spree Continues

Richard Whiddington, Historic Tiffany Window, Once Hidden in Texas Church, Reemerges at Crystal Bridges

Vittoria Benzine, Versailles Restores Royal Bedroom to Its 1789 Splendor

ARTnews

Anne Doran, Activist Super-Glues Herself to Display Cabinet at Berlin’s Bode Museum

Daniel Cassady, Art Dubai Unveils Leaner ‘Special Edition’ Built Around Regional Core

Tessa Solomon, V&A Pulls Catalog Materials Due to Chinese Censorship Laws

Daniel Cassady, Beowolff Combines Artsy and Artnet in Digital Art Market Push

Andy Battaglia, NBA Star Devon Booker Finds Perspective at James Turrell’s Fabled Roden Crater

Alex Greenberger, Met Museum to Stage Giacometti Show in Temple of Dendur This Summer

Daniel Cassady, The Met is Finally Treating Lee Krasner as Pollock’s Equal—Will the Market Follow?

Brian Boucher, Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential List Includes Artist Cao Fei and Photojournalist Lynsey Addario

Leigh Anne Miller, A Parisian Man Just Won a $1 Million Picasso Painting with a $117 Raffle Ticket

Maximilíano Durón, Erewhon, Grocery Store Known for $20-Plus Smoothies, to Set Up Shop in LACMA’s New Building

Harrison Jacobs, Billionaire Art Collector Ken Griffin Warns of Global Recession if Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed

Leigh Anne Miller, Lincoln Center Kicks Off Accessibility Project With Vibrant New Mural

ArtReview

Adeline Chia, Taiwan’s New Typologies

From the Editors, Morad Montazami appointed artistic director of 2026 Dakar Biennale

From the Editors, Toronto Biennial of Art announces 2026 artists and theme

From the Editors, Theme and artists announced for British Art Show 10

The Brooklyn Rail

Liam Otero, Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World

Jan Staller, Christopher Payne: Made in America

Hindley Wang, Qiu Xiaofei: The Theater of Wither and Thrive

Ayesha Raees, Motohiro Takeda: Counting Leaves

Gabriel Meier, Prison and Port: Lineaments of Migrant Detention in South Texas

Pavlos Roufos, The Ratline, Neoliberalism, and the New Right in Chile

Frieze

From the Editors, New York: An Artist’s City

Ben Livne Weitzman, Can Textile Art Challenge the Status Quo?

Grace Byron, ‘New Humans’: A Hallucinatory Humanism Worth Moving Toward

The Guardian

Chloë Ashby, Paula Rego review – tantalising drawings with the shoeprints left on them

Peter Bradshaw, Colours of Time review – Monet meets Mamma Mia in charming French artist comedy

Matthew Cantor, ‘Designed to disorient’: LA art museum unveils enormous concrete gallery, 20 years in the making

Hyperallergic

Hakim Bishara, In the Studio With Rama Duwaji

Rhea Nayyar, “Boycott the Bezos Met Gala” Posters Emerge Across NYC

Leigh Raiford, Inside a Black Panther Family Album

Isa Farfan, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Launches Digital Catalogue Raisonné

Lisa Yin Zhang, Remembering Pearl Fryar, Siri Aurdal, and Frank Stack

The Los Angeles Times

Sam Lubell, Peter Zumthor on criticism of LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries, and how L.A. changed his practice for good

The New York Times

Max Lakin, ‘Greater New York’ Brings the Noisy, Messy Vitality of 53 Artists

Eleanor Stanford, An 18-Foot Black Woman Opens a New Door to London’s V&A

Annabel Keenan, Putting Connecticut Artists in the Spotlight

Jillian Anthony, In the Tech Heart of Texas, an Art Show Built on Data, Code and A.I.

Hilarie M. Sheets, Honoring Frederic Church: Beyond the Hudson River School

John Hanc, ‘Rethinking, Reimagining and Reinstalling’ the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Morgan Malget, What to See This Spring at Museums Across the Country

Observer

EDITOR’S PICK - Elisa Carollo, With Artnet and Artsy, Andrew Wolff Is Laying the Groundwork for a New Kind of Art-World Ecosystem: “We will preserve those differentiated voices while quietly building connective tissue—shared data architecture, technology and tools that enhance both brands,” Wolff told Observer in a recent interview.

Noah Berlatsky, Critic Megan O’Grady On Art and Feeling Alive

Dan Duray, Kate McNamara Has Ambitious Ideas About What Harvard’s Carpenter Center Can Be

Elisa Carollo, The Exhibitions Not to Miss During Milan Art Week

Elisa Carollo, How One Art Shipping Company Is Pairing A.I.-Driven Efficiencies With Hands-On Human Attention

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Art Dubai announces ‘special edition’ details amid ongoing Iran war disruptions

Adam Schrader, Protester superglues herself to display at Berlin’s Bode Museum

The Washington Post

Phillip Kennicott, Raphael, a master of serenity, is the artist we need right now

April 15, 2026

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:21:21 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Fair Enough by Phin Jennings for OCULA. Jennings argues that art fairs now dominate the global art market, but their rapid expansion is straining galleries and undermining local art scenes.

The Art Newspaper

Gareth Harris, ‘A fresh look at contemporary culture’: Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East, takes us inside the new London museum

Angella d’Avignon, Olafur Eliasson stages public wake for the Great Salt Lake in Utah

Benjamin Sutton, Miami Beach’s Bass Museum picks architect for new pavilion

Caroline Roux, ‘It was my job to create the view’: US artist Liza Lou on making colourful works in her windowless warehouse

Melissa Gronlund, Art Dubai announces updated gallery list for postponed 2026 edition

Artforum

Adam Szymczyk, Can Global Exhibitions Still Provoke? New Lessons from Documenta 14

Smooth Nzewi, Are African Biennials Gateways—or Extraction Zones?

From the Editors, LACMA Sets May 4 Opening Date for $724 Million “Curvaceous Concrete Sandwich” as Reviews Pour In

From the Editors, American Artist, Penny Arcade Among 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship Cohort

From the Editors, European Commission Tells Venice Biennale to Ditch Russian Pavilion

From the Editors, Goldsmiths Art College Staffers Will Fight Proposed Cuts

Artnet

From the Editors, Artnet and Artsy Come Together Under Shared Leadership

Kate Brown, Painting Has Entered Its Performance Era

Kenny Schachter, Gallery Not Paying? Call Kenny Schachter’s Kollection Agency. He Gets Results!

Sarah Cascone, The Incredible Story of Edmonia Lewis, America’s First Black and Indigenous International Art Star

William Van Meter, Inside ‘Prince of Prints’ Jordan Schnitzer’s Sprawling Collection

Katya Kazakina, Sotheby’s Sued by Cushman and Wakefield Over Unpaid $10.2 Million Commission

Vittoria Benzine, Never-Before-Seen Stanley Kubrick Photos Debut in New York

Richard Whiddington, A Bodybuilder’s 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Stele Heads to TEFAF

ARTnews

Daniel Cassady, Sotheby’s Sued Over $10.2 M. Fee as Cash Squeeze Comes Into Focus

Harrison Jacobs, Former High Museum COO Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Theft Charges

Maximilíano Durón, Joyce Awards to Relaunch After Yearlong Pause with $100,000 Unrestricted Grants for Great Lakes Artists

Anne Doran, Native Americans Played Dice Games Far Earlier Than Previously Known, Study Shows

Andy Battaglia, Brian Eno, FKA Twigs, Jim Jarmusch Among Sound Artists Commissioned for Vatican Pavilion at Venice Biennale

Maximilíano Durón, After Five Years of Community Building, Social Practice CUNY Initiative to End in 2027

Alex Greenberger, Hampshire College, Whose Alumni List Includes Many Well-Known Artists, to Close After 51 Years

Alex Greenberger, Artists Criticize Somalia’s First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion: ‘This Pavilion Does Not Speak for Us’

Harrison Jacobs, 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Sonya Clark, John Miller, and American Artist

Devorah Lauter, French Politicians Vote in Favor of Bill on Artifacts Looted During Colonial Era: ‘A True Historic Monument’

Daniel Cassady, IFPDA Print Fair Draws Record Crowds as Expansion Into Drawings Gets a First Test

ArtReview

Ella Frears, ‘Volcano Snake Sun, September’: A Poem by Ella Frears

From the Editors, Theme and artists announced for British Art Show 10

The Brooklyn Rail

Jason Rosenfeld, Thomas Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture

Ara H. Merjian, Gabriele Münter: Contours of a World

Terry R. Myers, Arshile Gorky: Horizon West

Sara Farrell Okamura, Michelle Lopez: Shadow of a Doubt

Alfred Mac Adam, Édouard Vuillard: Early Interiors

Joshua Chee Sandford, Yuko Mohri: Falling Water Given

Frieze

Ethan Price, Could ‘The Antwerp Six’ Thrive in Today’s Fashion Industry?

Salena Barry, Joy Labinjo’s Women Take Their Place in the Gallery

The Guardian

Nadia Khomami, Paris art enthusiast wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle

Quinn Moreland, ‘I wanted my work to be shameless’: 93-year-old artist Joan Semmel on her trailblazing nudes

Sian Cain, Trump tweets, penguins and human-sized chess: NGV unveils blockbuster 2026 Triennial

Catherine Slessor, V&A East architecture review – from ceramics to codpieces, this is a honey-coloured treasure trove of human ingenuity

Ben Eastham, V&A East collection review – a dazzling wealth of inspiration to fire up the geniuses of the future

Hyperallergic

Rhea Nayyar, Mexican Artist Alleges Plagiarism of Femicide Project

Isa Farfan, These Are the Winners of the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship

Paddy Johnson, Art Problems: Do I Need to Go to Art Fairs?

Moonoka Begay and Zach Feuer, Nikyle Begay Resurrects Century-Old Diné Weavings

Isa Farfan, Beloved CUNY Social Practice Art Program to Shut Down

Julia Curl, 40 Years Later, Houston’s FotoFest Keeps Its Edge

Olivia McEwan, Michaelina Wautier Finally Known by Her Name

The New York Times

Sam Lubell, Rebuilding After Fires, L.A. Neighbors Join Forces and Innovate

Mark A. Stein, A New York Museum Honors Its Real-Life ‘Indiana Jones’ Dinosaur Hunters

Alex V. Cipolle, At a Difficult Time, a Minnesota Museum Offers Respite to Somalis

Ted Loos, A Benefactor Gets Personal at the Museum She Founded 25 Years Ago

Observer

Christa Terry, Inside Public Art Fund’s 2026 Spring Benefit, New York’s Most Civic-Minded Soirée

Elisa Carollo, James Taylor-Foster On Curatorial Fluidity and Para Site’s Next Chapter

Elisa Carollo, Consonni Radziszewski Launches With a Three-City Footprint

Brook S. Mason, Inside the Most Valuable Single-Owner Design Sale in Sotheby’s History

OCULA

EDITOR’S PICK - Phin Jennings, Fair Enough: Has the expansionary march of the art fair gone too far? And what should gallerists do about it?

Daniel Szehin Ho, The Next Wave

Puck

Marion Maneker, The High Priest of High Concept

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Former High Museum of Art executive charged for embezzlement

Adam Schrader, IcelandAir is giving a really bad photographer $50,000 and a free trip

Adam Schrader, Real estate firm sues Sotheby’s over sale of its former building

Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Cushman & Wakefield v. 1334 York

Adam Schrader, Beatty says no review preceded Kennedy Center renaming, shutdown

The Wall Street Journal

Lane Florsheim, The New Restaurant Where You Can Bid on Masterpieces From the Table

Whitehot

Raphy Sarkissian, Kyle Staver: Radioactive Luminosity

Jonathan Goodman, Louise Bourgeois at Hauser & Wirth

Anthony Haden-Guest, Layla Love wants to make art that could stop wars

April 14, 2026

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:34:19 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is A Data Analysis of the 2026 Venice Biennale Signals a Shift to the Present by Jo Lawson-Tancred for Artnet. Koyo Kouoh’s 2026 Venice Biennale marks a return to contemporary art, spotlighting living mid-career artists from a globally balanced roster.

The Art Newspaper

Anna Brady, Marc Restellini’s ‘atom bomb’ of a Modigliani catalogue raisonné is finally published

Gareth Harris, Staff at Goldsmiths art college plan industrial action ahead of redundancies

Vincent Noce, France’s new restitution law passes final vote

Nicole Martinez, As Cuban crisis deepens, diaspora artists have a message of compassion

Gareth Harris, FKA Twigs and Brian Eno among artists included in the Vatican’s sound-based 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion

Louisa Buck, Defiant women and daring paintings: Emin, Webster and Wylie create a buzz in the UK’s exhibition calendar

Constanza Ontiveros Valdés, New Bienal de Yucatán to spotlight Mexican region’s growing art scene

Karen Chernick, Berlin exhibition focuses in on women photographers of the Bauhaus

Artforum

From the Editors, Rirkrit Tiravanija to Assemble “A Gathering of Remarkable People” for Qatar Pavilion at Venice Biennale

From the Editors, Tanka Fonta Wins $35,000 Wi Di Mimba Wi Prize

From the Editors, Inaugural Medina Triennial in Western New York Will Include 39 Artists

From the Editors, Institute of Museum and Library Services Allowed to Operate: Settlement

Artnet

EDITOR’S PICK - Jo Lawson-Tancred, A Data Analysis of the 2026 Venice Biennale Signals a Shift to the Present: With more than 90 percent of the artists in the main exhibition still living, this Biennale marks a clear return to contemporary practice.

Min Chen, The Untold Story of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek’s Intimate—and Complex—Bond

Cathy Fan, Which City Will Be the Next Asian Art Hub? That’s the Wrong Question

Vittoria Benzine, This French Castle Is Crowdfunding Its Own Restoration

Vittoria Benzine, 21 Renoirs From the Collection of the Artist’s Muse Hit the Market

Margaret Carrigan, Which Country’s Art Market Came Out on Top in 2025?

Richard Whiddington, The Personal Collection of ‘Last Surrealist’ Enrico Donati Heads to Auction

Margaret Carrigan, Two Growing London Galleries Launch Second Spaces—and More Art Industry News

Richard Whiddington, Lost-Lost Film by French Cinema Pioneer Turns Up in Michigan

Eileen Kinsella, Go Time! Gagosian Christens New Madison Avenue Space With Duchamp Readymades

ARTnews

Daniel Cassady, Dubai’s Alserkal Art Week Expands to Month-Long Program as Gulf’s Art Calendar Adjusts to Regional Strain

Alex Greenberger, Did This Photographer’s Provocative Work Inspire a Key Plot Point in The Drama?

Tessa Solomon, Sharjah’s Barjeel Art Foundation Is Building its First Museum

Anne Doran, Andrew Lloyd Webber Is Writing a Musical About the Heist that Made ‘Mona Lisa’ Famous

Daniel Cassady, Walker Art Center Restaurant Cuts Front-of-House Staff as QR Codes Take Over

Harrison Jacobs, Trump Wants to Paint the Eisenhower Building White, But Experts Say His ‘Magic’ Paint Won’t Work on Granite

Maximilíano Durón, European Commission Tells Venice Biennale to ‘Clear Its Name’ Regarding Russian Pavilion or Risk Losing $2.3 M. Grant for 2028

Alex Greenberger, Sotheby’s Tries Again to Sell $40 M. Picasso Painting That Didn’t Make It to Auction in 2008

Alex Greenberger, New York’s Newest Triennial Lines Up 39 Artists for Star-Studded First Edition Along the Erie Canal

ArtReview

Aliide Naylor, The Politics of Russia’s Return to the Venice Biennale

Adeline Chia, Biennale Jogja 18 Review: Occasional Moments of Brilliance

From the Editors, Settlement allows Institute of Museum and Library Services to continue operations

The Brooklyn Rail

Norman L. Kleeblatt, Steven Cohen: Long Life

Justin Duyao, Rana Begum: Reflection

Patricia L Lewy, Ron Nagle: Irrational Discovery

Barbara A. MacAdam, David Novros

Ann McCoy, Raquel Rabinovich: Gateless

Saul Ostrow, Peter Saul: Peter Saul’s Art History

Frieze

Annabel Keenan, Isa Genzken Asks What Stories Buildings Tell Us

The Guardian

Dale Berning Sawa, ‘It was life-changing’: the celebrated art historian who spent 46 years sitting for Frank Auerbach

Alexander Cheves, ‘They accomplished so much, even as they were dying’: the groundbreaking gay art of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek

Julian Baggini, Art, sex, nature: why is everything sold to us as a means to an end, rather than an end in itself?

David Smith, ‘An open letter to the nation’: National Gallery of Art reckons with America at 250

Hyperallergic

Aaron Short, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Artist Who Confronted Injustice, Dies at 46

Rhea Nayyar, Gagosian to Debut New Gallery With Duchamp’s “Readymades”

Emma Cieslik, Trump Plays Christ and Gets the Wound Wrong

Isa Farfan and Rhea Nayyar, Chicana Painter Criselda Vasquez Says ICE Detained Her Father

John Yau, Steve DiBenedetto’s Cosmic Sense of the Absurd

From the Editors, Jeremy Frey: The Generational Impact of a New Artistic Path

Hakim Bishara, Ai Weiwei and the Art of Keeping Your Mouth Shut

The New York Times

Michael Kimmelman, Daring and Dazzling, a New LACMA Floats Above Los Angeles

Janelle Conaway, Route 66, a ‘Linear Museum Stretched Across Eight States,’ Turns 100

Mekado Murphy, Why Do People Flock to the Rocky Statue? This Show Aims to Find Out.

Michael Janofsky, San Francisco’s Modern Art Museum Reimagines the Fisher Collection

Shivani Vora, A Boston Museum Celebrates 50 Years of Flowers and Art

Sarah Bahr, In Indianapolis, a New Contemporary Art Museum Comes With a D.J.

Observer

Jenny Gibbs, The Politics of Print: What the Medium’s Last Renaissance Can Teach Us About Our Current Market

Elisa Carollo, Dealer Estates Will Once Again Headline New York’s May Marquee Auctions

Elisa Carollo, Neighbors in Chicago Reimagined the Art Fair as a Gilded Age Cultural Salon

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Trump administration agrees to allow pride flag at Stonewall Inn after settlement

The Wall Street Journal

Karen Wilkin, ‘Édouard Vuillard: Early Interiors’ and ‘Matisse: The Pursuit of Harmony’ Review: Feasts of French Painting

April 13, 2026

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:17:53 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Institute of Museum and Library Services Saved from Defunding After Legal Challenge by Tessa Solomon for ARTnews. A legal settlement preserves the Institute of Museum and Library Services, halting efforts to dismantle the federal agency that supports museums and libraries nationwide.

Apollo Magazine

Helen Barrett, How to build a museum for young people

From the Editors, Melissa Chiu to leave Hirshhorn to lead Guggenheim in New York

Art Asia Pacific

Michele Chan, Is Hong Kong Back? The GRAND PRIX de Basel 2026

Yuqian Fan, Melissa Chiu Departs Hirshhorn for Guggenheim

The Art Newspaper

Ben Luke, Comment | Catherine Opie shows us that in dark times, looking for joy can be radical

From the Editors, Stealing the show: Mona Lisa heist inspires Andrew Lloyd Webber musical

Caroline Roux, Antwerp exhibition celebrates its homegrown fashion designers, the influential Antwerp Six

Annabel Keenan, Paying tribute to storied printmaker Kenneth Tyler at the IFPDA Print Fair

Artnet

Katya Kazakina, Shoptalk: New Guggenheim Director Melissa Chiu on How She Got the Job

Sarah Cascone, The Women Defining Printmaking at the 2026 IFPDA Print Fair

Katie White, How a Hopi Potter Named Nampeyo Became a 19th-Century Art Star

Sarah Cascone, Why Was Sarah Miriam Peale, Pioneering Member of America’s First Art Dynasty, Left Behind?

Vittoria Benzine, 250-Year-Old Kiln Discovered on Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Estate

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Greece Creates New Art Crime Unit to Combat Forgery and Trafficking

Margaret Carrigan, Two Growing London Galleries Launch Second Spaces—and More Art Industry News

Kate Brown, What Germany’s Art Market Reveals About the Limits of Localism

Sonia Manalili and Margaret Carrigan, What We Know—and Don’t Know—About Private Art Auctions

Richard Whiddington, Large Roman Villa Uncovered in the U.K. During Wind Farm Survey

Richard Whiddington, ‘Yellowstone’ Creator Taylor Sheridan to Direct 4D Film for New Alamo Museum

Vittoria Benzine, The L.A. Museums Getting a Glow-Up Before the Olympic Games

Vittoria Benzine, An Intimate Portrait of Basquiat’s Early Life Returns to Brooklyn

ARTnews

Alex Greenberger, Gagosian to Open New Upper East Side Gallery with a Duchamp Show, a Rarity in a Commercial Setting

Alex Greenberger, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Painter Who Used Her Art to Fight for Justice, Dies at 46

Brian Boucher, The Best Booths at Expo Chicago, From a 16th-Century Belgian Manuscript to a Painting of a Mariachi Band

EDITOR’S PICK - Tessa Solomon, Institute of Museum and Library Services Saved from Defunding After Legal Challenge: Despite its nonpartisan status, the agency became a prime target for defunding through executive action by the Donald Trump administration.

Daniel Cassady, David Geffen Settles Divorce With David Armstrong After Bitter Legal Fight

Howard Halle, What Made Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades So Revolutionary?

Leigh Anne Miller, Louvre Museum Jewel Heist Inspires Latest ‘Law & Order’ Episode

Anne Doran, Rome’s Colosseum Gets a New Pedestrian Plaza

Maximilíano Durón, Obama Presidential Center Announces Final Cohort of Commissions Ahead of June Opening, Including María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Jeffrey Gibson, Lorna Simpson

Harrison Jacobs, The Long Legal Saga Between Artist Ryder Ripps and the Bored Ape Yacht Club Is Finally Over

Maximilíano Durón, Ukraine Sanctions Russian Culture Figures Linked to Country’s Participation in Venice Biennale

Harrison Jacobs, Beeple’s Elon Musk–Robot Dog Is Roaming the Streets of San Francisco in Viral Stunt

Alex Greenberger, The Best Shows to See in New York This Month Are at Nonprofit Spaces

Leigh Anne Miller, Check Out Some of the Incredible NASA Photographs from Artemis II’s Historic Mission to the Moon

Daniel Cassady, Maurizio Cattelan to Open Milan Design Week with Dawn ‘Breakfast-Barter’ in Piazza Duomo

ArtReview

Max Crosbie Jones, Thailand Biennale 2025 Review: Beyond the Tropical Paradise

From the Editors, Settlement allows Institute of Museum and Library Services to continue operations

From the Editors, Tanka Fonta wins 2026 Wi Di Mimba Wi Prize

Bloomberg News

Felix Salmon, Who’d Buy a Painting They Can’t Possess?

BOMB

Michael Londres, Pat Oleszko by Michael Londres

The Brooklyn Rail

Allison Carey, Ralph Lemon: From Out of Space

Chenoa Baker, A Kind of Order

Alex Bacon, Cinga Samson: Ukuphuthelwa

Amanda Gluibizzi, Hawai‘i: a kingdom crossing oceans

Alice Godwin, Isa Genzken: World Receiver

Cultured

Ella Martin Gachot, For Artist Cecilia Vicuña, Being Busy Is Not a Sign of Success

Delaney Kim, 5 Collectors on the Texas-Sized Hospitality at the Heart of Dallas’s Art Scene

Galerie

Rena Gross, Art Paris Returns to the Grand Palais

The Guardian

Joanna Moorhead, And this one shows the police evicting me: the fabulous fabric visions of Elizabeth Allen

Eromo Egbejule, ‘This scene is alive’: Abidjan art week showcases city as growing cultural hub

Mark Brown, Mysterious Lake District barn joins national treasures on heritage list

From the Editors, €1m Picasso painting to be won for €100 in charity raffle

Hyperallergic

Rhea Nayyar, The Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair Has Taken Off Its Training Wheels

Lisa Yin Zhang, Marcel Duchamp Was the Messenger of History

Aaron Short, Process Is the Point at IFPDA Print Fair

Natalie Jenkins, Who Do Chicago’s Art Fairs Serve?

Ela Troyano, Remembering Agosto Machado, Keeper of Queer Histories

Ela Bittencourt, The Paradoxical Delights of South America’s Biggest Art Fair

Lakshmi Rivera Amin, A View From the Easel

Observer

Sarah Moroz, In Venice, Andreas Angelidakis Is Queering the Idea of a National Pavilion

Elisa Carollo, Maurizio Cattelan Turned This Years RenBen Gala into a Silent Party

Elisa Carollo, EXPO CHICAGO 2026: Local Enthusiasm and Strong Institutional Sales

Christa Terry, 72 Hours of Art in Salt Lake City: Museum Hopping, Spiral Jetty and Sculpture on the Slopes

Sarah Moroz, Art Paris Brings a More Intimate, Grounded Energy to the Grand Palais

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Orbán’s election defeat offers a test case for unwinding politicized culture policy

Adam Schrader, Hungarian artists celebrate Viktor Orban’s election loss

Adam Schrader, Yuga Labs settles high-profile Bored Ape NFT lawsuit

Adam Schrader, In Bay Ridge’s Little Palestine, ‘Dear Laila’ reconstructs a lost home

Adam Schrader, Addiction recovery workshops led by artist Ventiko end in mask exhibition

Adam Schrader, Below the Fold: Addo Gallery woes, MoMA injury claim and cases move to discovery

Adam Schrader, New York investor seeks $3.3 million tied to Shchukin Gallery judgments

Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Shchukin Gallery Judgment Enforcement Action

The Wall Street Journal

Judith H. Dobrzynski, ‘Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work’ Review: A Self-Taught Painter’s Countryside Scenes

Brian P. Kelly, At the IFPDA and Brooklyn Print Fairs, It’s Quality vs. Quantity

Willard Spiegelman, ‘Making Art and Making a Living’ Review: To Pay the Painter

April 10, 2026

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:17:13 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Comment | The market grew in 2025 but ‘interest in art is waning’ by Melanie Gerlis for The Art Newspaper. Melanie Gerlis shares her thoughts on cautious optimism in the face of art market uncertainties.

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Ania Szremski, Whitney Biennial 2026

Art in America

Terry Nguyen, Robert Moses and Isamu Noguchi Battled for Decades—About Playgrounds

Emily Watlington and Alex Greenberger, Everyone’s Talking About Duchamp. These 5 Artists Are the Ones to Listen To.

The Art Newspaper

Benjamin Sutton, Expo Chicago’s local focus pays off as Midwestern collectors, institutions buoy sales

EDITOR’S PICK - Melanie Gerlis, Comment | The market grew in 2025 but ‘interest in art is waning’: Amid global macro shocks and changes in consumer taste, there are signs of future resilience

Lauren Stroh, Louisiana State Museum reaccreditation decision delayed until June 2027

Elena Goukassian, Melissa Chiu leaving Hirshhorn to take over New York’s Guggenheim Museum

Artforum

Aaina Bhargava, K-POP, FUNGI, AND TERRACE RAVES: Art Basel Hong Kong 2026

Massimiliano Gioni, Massimiliano Gioni on key works in “New Humans: Memories of the Future” at the New Museum

From the Editors, Getty Center to Close in Los Angeles as Major Renovation Looms

From the Editors, The Met Hires Star Photography Curator for the Museum’s New Wing

From the Editors, Hirshhorn Director Melissa Chiu Departs to Lead Guggenheim Museum

From the Editors, Dartmouth Students Renew Efforts to Rename Leon Black–Funded Arts Center

Artnet

Sarah Cascone, Why Was Sarah Miriam Peale, Pioneering Member of America’s First Art Dynasty, Left Behind?

Min Chen, The Art of ‘The Christophers’: How the Film Created an Artist’s Fabled Oeuvre

Vittoria Benzine, An Intimate Portrait of Basquiat’s Early Life Returns to Brooklyn

Richard Whiddington, Colosseum Facelift Restores Ancient Southern Entrance to Its Former Glory

Sarah Cascone, NASA’s Artemis II Returns to the Moon—and Captures a Powerful New Image of Earth

Vivienne Chow, Seoul Gets an Intriguing New Art Fair—Plus, a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World

Eileen Kinsella, Marian Goodman’s Prized $65 Million Collection Lands at Christie’s

Sonia Manalili and Ben Davis, The Philosopher Who Predicted Our Post-Literate Art Moment

Richard Whiddington, You Can Become an Artwork at This New York Museum—Thanks to Piero Manzoni

ARTnews

Brian Boucher, Dealers Are Doing Brisk Business at a Smaller and ‘More Intentional’ Expo Chicago

Leigh Anne Miller, After a Decade of Delays, a 5th-Century Church in Glasgow Will Become a Museum

Maximilíano Durón, LA’s Getty Center to Close for Renovations Beginning in 2027

Daniel Cassady, A Piece of the Eiffel Tower Is Heading to Auction

Harrison Jacobs, Portland Museum of Art Buys New Building For $14 M., Freeing Up Space For Exhibitions

Tessa Solomon, Greece Introduces New Law to Combat Art Forgery and Vandalism

Andy Battaglia, Proposed Restitution Law in France Advances in National Assembly

Daniel Cassady, Works from Marian Goodman’s Collection to Anchor Christie’s May Sales

Alex Greenberger, Hirshhorn Museum Director Melissa Chiu Leaves for Guggenheim, Another Smithsonian Departure

Leigh Anne Miller, See Inside the Long-Lost Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton Album Full of WW2-Era Photographs

Alex Greenberger, David Zwirner to Exhibit ‘The Great Unseen Collection’ in New York

Maximilíano Durón, The Met Hires MoMA’s Rising Star Photography Curator Oluremi C. Onabanjo

ArtReview

Michelle Santiago Cortés, The Robots Were Never the Problem

From the Editors, ArtReview Podcast | Episode 5: Rene Matić

The Brooklyn Rail

Raphy Sarkissian, Hughie O’Donohue: Time and the Architecture of Memory

Lyle Rexer, Robert Gober: Plein Air

Noa Wynn, Sam Jablon: Luck or Else

Lyle Rexer, Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets

Ekin Erkan, Brandon Ndife and Louis Osmosis: On the Swing of Norms

Financial Times

Victoria Woodcock, Heinz Mack is 95. He’s still the hero of Zero

Charlotte Jansen, Sang Woo Kim spent a lifetime being stared at. Now he feels seen

Frieze

Hung Duong, What Oototol’s Art Reveals about Indonesian History

The Guardian

Kim Willsher, Who was Hilma? Af Klint exhibition to highlight exclusion of women from abstract art

Hyperallergic

Valentina Di Liscia, Art Movements: Meet The Met’s New Photography Curator

Rhea Nayyar, Guggenheim Museum Appoints Melissa Chiu as Next Director

Tara Sansone, What If Every City Provided Artists With Free Supplies?

Paige Phillips, How to Extract the Story of Appalachia

Natalie Haddad, It’s Gabriele Münter’s World, We’re Just Living in It

John Yau, David Novros’s Portable Murals

Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Required Reading

The New York Times

Zachary Small, In Museum Shake-Up, Leader Exits Smithsonian to Run Guggenheim

Matt Stevens, Getty Center in Los Angeles Is Closing for Year of Renovations

The New Yorker

From the Editors, Isa Genzken Finds Chaos in Order

Observer

Elisa Carollo, What’s Behind the Million-Dollar Pikachu Cards and Record-Breaking Anime Auctions

Elisa Carollo, How Two Hong Kong Collectors Are Choosing Public Engagement Over Possession

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Retired curator talks curating an exhibition about his own curating

The Washington Post

Vanessa H. Larson, Women are trailblazers in abstract art. These 6 works show their vision.

April 9, 2026

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:16:34 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is The art of technology jostles for position in venues both new and historic by Dale Berning Sawa for The Art Newspaper. Digital and time-based art is pushing museums to rethink conservation, storage, and collecting priorities.

The Art Newspaper

Riah Pryor, Greece introduces new law to tackle art forgery

Gareth Harris, London’s V&A launches webpage exploring provenance of its objects

EDITOR’S PICK - Dale Berning Sawa, The art of technology jostles for position in venues both new and historic: New and old institutions in New York, pop-up show of video art in Los Angeles and moving-image artist’s archive crystallise the unique pressures that come with showing and preserving art made with recent technologies

Anna Brady, Robilant and Voena gallery founders part ways to start separate ventures with their children

Helen Stoilas, The artist who blocked an Ice projectile with her drawing board during protests

Sarvy Geranpayeh, A new Istanbul gallery is offering an outlet for Iran’s artists

Anna Brady, Robilant and Voena gallery founders part ways to start separate ventures with their children

Ben Luke, Readymades, replicas, reiterations: MoMA show explores Marcel Duchamp the inventor

Dale Bernings Sawa, Philadelphia art museums celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with blockbuster two-venue show

Gareth Harris, Pressing issues: the vital role of printmaking in the history of art

Gareth Harris, April Book Bag: from a Matthew Wong catalogue to a history of dogs in art

Artforum

Nate Lippens, Fecal Matters: On Derek McCormack’s country-fried coprophilia

From the Editors, The Hole Gallery Sued Over Unpaid Back Rent

From the Editors, Paris’s Centre Pompidou to Welcome Seoul Outpost in June

From the Editors, Kengo Kuma Architects Chosen to Design New Wing of London’s National Gallery

From the Editors, Knight Foundation Names 2026 Recipients of Its $50,000 Art + Tech Fellowships

Artnet

Ben Davis, Are We Too Reverent of Marcel Duchamp?

Katie White, Artist Charles Ross Spent 50 Years Trying to Bring the Stars Down to Earth. At 88, Has He Done It?

Min Chen, The Art of ‘The Christophers’: How the Film Created an Artist’s Fabled Oeuvre

Vittoria Benzine, Inez & Vinoodh Handpick 6 Defining Works From Their New Retrospective

Annikka Olsen, America’s First Black Professional Artist Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight

Vittoria Benzine, 154-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Fossil Debuts in the U.K.—But Its Species Remains a Mystery

Richard Whiddington, Radiohead Hits the Road With a Haunting Immersive Installation

Vittoria Benzine, Artemisia Gentileschi Masterpiece Goes to Auction—Without Its Face

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Proposed Loan of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Sparks Clash Between Spanish Authorities

ARTnews

Brian Boucher, In Chicago for Expo? Don’t Miss These 6 Standout Shows at the City’s Museums and Galleries

Anne Doran, Archaeologists Uncover a 2,000-Year-Old Hillfort in Estonia

Maximilíano Durón, 500-Plus And Just Like That… Items Head to Online Auction

Alex Greenberger, Do We Have Duchamp All Wrong? A Brilliant MoMA Retrospective Reintroduces One of Modernism’s Greats

Tessa Solomon, Siri Aurdal, Artist Who Elevated Industrial Materials Into Visions of Shared Humanity, Dies at 88

Anne Doran, Bronze Age Metal-Working Center Unearthed Near China’s Yangtse River

Andy Battaglia, See Comedian Pete Davidson’s Art-Filled New York Home for Sale for $2 M.

Howard Halle, A Duchamp Retrospective at MoMA Presents an Artist Who Challenged the Very Definition of Art

Brian Boucher, Outgoing MCA Chicago Director Madeleine Grynsztejn Offers the Consummate Insider’s Guide to the Windy City

Harrison Jacobs, Spain’s Culture Minister Rejects Guernica Transfer, but Basque Leaders Refuse to Take No for an Answer

George Nelson, 70 of Stephen Curry’s Game-Worn NBA Sneakers to Be Sold at Sotheby’s, Including a Pair of Nike Kobe 6 Protro ‘Mambacita’

Maximilíano Durón, With a New Director, US Latinx Art Forum Plots Its Future

Brian Boucher, Can a Slimmed-Down Expo Chicago Still Throw Its Weight Around?

ArtReview

Jenny Wu, Notes from New York: Rotting Meat

Ophelia Lai, Sasaoka Yuriko’s Violent Puppeteering

The Brooklyn Rail

Douglas Kearney, Douglas Kearney

Bob Perelman and Rae Armantrout, Francie Shaw with Bob Perelman and Rae Armantrout

Marcella Durand and Suzan Frecon, from The Light Factory

Susan Bee and Charles Bernstein, Susan Bee and Charles Bernstein

Diana Khoi Nguyen, from “The American Archivist”

Kostas Anagnopoulos and Keiko Narahashi, Kostas Anagnopoulos and Keiko Narahashi

Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Rachel Blau DuPlessis

Financial Times

Aimee Farrell, Simone Bodmer-Turner grew an all-white line of tableware

Jill Krasny, The roaring 2020s? Art deco gets a twist

Jackie Wullschläger, Clair-obscur — visions of light amid the darkness at Paris’s Bourse de Commerce

Frieze

Tom Denman, Angela de la Cruz Breaks the Frame

Krzysztof Kościuczuk, Can Video Art Rewire South Korea’s Global Image?

Hyperallergic

John Yau, Jasper Johns Keeps Looking

Bella Bromberg, One Last Chance to See Dürer’s Monumental Print in NYC

Cecily Parks, Dice Are 6,000 Years Older Than Previously Believed, Study Says

Lisa Yin Zhang, Remembering Nathan Farb, Thomas Zipp, and Christine Ruiz-Picasso

Rhea Nayyar, Rare Wifredo Lam Portrait Lands in New York

Naib Mian, Saad Khan Archives the Detritus of Censored Culture

Max Blue, Trustees of Renowned West Coast Artist Residency Visited Epstein’s Island

The New York Times

Holland Cotter, And the Most Influential Modern Artist Is …

Alissa Wilkinson, ‘The Christophers’ Review: Fine Art, Frayed Artists

Observer

Dan Duray, One Fine Show: “Bellezza e Bruttezza” at Bozar in Brussels

Nathan Smith, Observer’s Must-Read Memoirs and Best Biographies of 2026

Elisa Carollo, The Exhibitions Not to Miss During EXPO CHICAGO

Jordan Riefe, Cy Twombly’s Drawing and Discovery

Jordan Riefe, The World as Seen Through Yorgos Lanthimos’s Lens

Puck

Marion Maneker, The Art Market’s Feminine Mystique

T Magazine

Laura May Todd, Popeye the Art Icon

Richard Sandomir, Nathan Farb, 85, Dies; Photographed Hippies, Siberians and Mountains

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Margot Samel Gallery reaches payment deal in Tribeca eviction case

Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Settlement in Eviction Case Against Margot Samel Gallery

Adam Schrader, Sotheby’s Modigliani dispute ends quietly without court ruling

Adam Schrader, Mickalene Thomas seeks dismissal of suit brought by ex-fiancée Racquel Chevremont

Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Mickalene Thomas Motion to Dismiss Chevremont Lawsuit

Adam Schrader, Norton Museum pushes to throw out phone provider’s countersuit

Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Norton Museum answers counterclaim in dispute with phone provider

Adam Schrader, Museum of Sex denies harassment, retaliation claims in lawsuit response

Adam Schrader, Court Documents: Museum of Sex Lawsuit Response

Adam Schrader, Louisiana investigators arrest two men who allegedly stole painting

Adam Schrader, Saudi Arabia opens Black Gold Museum, dedicated to oil, amid war disruptions

The Wall Street Journal

Kelly Crow, At 94, Gerhard Richter Is About to Give the Art Market a Massive Stress Test

Eric Gibson, ‘Noguchi’s New York’ Review: Sculpting Urban Spaces

Whitehot

Emma Cieslik, Critiquing body fascism: A conversation with Stephanie Mercedes about their show Inútil

Ute Änne Thon, Behind All Beautiful Things Lies Suffering: A Conversation with Oscar Murillo

Ruichao Jiang, Pushing Open the Door of Yesterday: Xiangjie Rebecca Wu at LATITUDE Gallery

Ruben Natal San-Miguel, Mariah Robertson stands out as one of the most inventive and revolutionary photographers of them all.

April 8, 2026

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:11:08 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Unlike Josh Kline, I Choose New York by Aruna D’Souza for Hyperallergic. A response to Josh Kline’s essay argues New York’s art crisis is rooted in structural inequality, not generations, and worth fighting to change.

Art in America

Emily Watlington, The Artist Whose Shimmering Obelisks Are Cropping Up All Over the World

The Art Newspaper

Elena Goukassian, Did the US Holocaust Memorial Museum self-censor to preempt Trump’s wrath?

Carlie Porterfield, Art Cologne heads to the beach with revived Mallorca edition

Martin Bailey, London’s National Gallery announces architects for new £350m wing

Melanie Gerlis, London galleries Edel Assanti and Emalin both announce expansions

Alexander Morrison, George Costakis, collector and saviour of Soviet avant-garde art, celebrated with Athens exhibition

Ruth Lopez, ‘The subject demanded a more restrained approach’: Carlos Rolón on revisiting the 1966 uprising in Chicago’s Humboldt Park

Jacqui Palumbo and Benjamin Sutton, Our pick of the best museum and gallery shows to see in Chicago this spring

Hadani Ditmars, Native Americans created dice more than 12,000 years ago, study finds

Elena Goukassian, Did the US Holocaust Memorial Museum self-censor to preempt Trump’s wrath?

Ben Luke, A Brush With... Lorna Simpson—podcast

Artforum

Katia Porro, Pane by Pane: Spring shows from Marseille to Montpellier

From the Editors, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Estate Sold to Florida Resort

Artnet

Annikka Olsen, America’s First Black Professional Artist Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight

Katie White, They Painted the American West. History Painted Them Out

Richard Whiddington, And Just Like That… Carrie Bradshaw’s Closet Hits the Auction Block

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Inside the Fight to Keep a Trove of Frida Kahlo Works from Leaving Mexico

Richard Whiddington, Sale of Robert Rauschenberg’s Captiva Compound to Developers Ignites Backlash

Vittoria Benzine, Lost Cecil Beaton and Lee Miller Photos Turn Up in Old Scrapbook

ARTnews

Leigh Anne Miller, Riyadh’s New Black Gold Museum Attempts to Convey ‘The Legacy of Oil Through Art’

Howard Halle, A Duchamp Retrospective at MoMA Presents an Artist Who Challenged the Very Definition of Art

Alex Greenberger, 100 Masterpieces to See at the Art Institute of Chicago

Maximilíano Durón, Christine Ruiz-Picasso, Founder of Museo Picasso Málaga and Artist’s Daughter-in-Law, Dies at 97

Harrison Jacobs, Tokyo Architect Kengo Kuma Beats Out Renzo Piano and Selldorf to Design National Gallery’s £350 M. New Wing

Brian Boucher, New York Gallery The Hole Sued Over Back Rent, Accused of Not Paying Artists and Workers

Tessa Solomon, Seoul’s Centre Pompidou, Three Years in the Making, Will Open in June

Maximilíano Durón, Counterpublic Triennial Names 47 Artists and Collectives for Upcoming Third Edition, Including Glenn Ligon, Rebecca Belmore, Rirkrit Tiravanija

ArtReview

From the Editors, Centre Pompidou to open Seoul outpost

From the Editors, Artist list for Counterpublic 2026 announced

The Brooklyn Rail

Erica Hunt, Visible Read

Erica Hunt, from “Coronary Artist”

Johanna Drucker, Truth Decay

Kamau Brathwaite, Kamau Brathwaite

sadé powell, sadé powell

Renee Gladman, Renee Gladman

Frieze

Akinsanya Kambon and Livia Russell, Work in Progress: Akinsanya Kambon

Qingyuan Deng, Miljohn Ruperto Rethinks Western Ideas of Time

Camille Bacon, 6 Exhibitions to See During EXPO Chicago 2026

The Guardian

Amy Fleming, Carnival celebrations at a Hungarian retirement home: János Bődey’s best photograph

Nadia Khomami, National Gallery picks Tokyo Olympic stadium architect to design new wing

Hyperallergic

EDITOR’S PICK - Aruna D’Souza, Unlike Josh Kline, I Choose New York: His new article taps into deep frustrations about affordability, but I throw my lot in with those making change, rather than moving out.

Rhea Nayyar, Elucidating the Esoteric with Hilma’s Ghost

Claudia Ross, In “Discipline,” Larissa Pham Explores Predatory Art-World Mentorship

Alex Paik, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Made Human Again

Jennifer Samet, Beer With a Painter: Tom Burckhardt

Rhea Nayyar, Trump Threatens to Wipe Out Iranian Civilization

The Los Angeles Times

Jessica Gelt, One of LACMA’s first commissions finds new life at David Geffen Galleries

Leah Ollman, 17 must-see artworks in LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries—and why you won’t experience the same thing twice

Jessica Gelt, LACMA spent nearly $724 million on the David Geffen Galleries — here’s how it was all used

Jessica Gelt, Come for the Jeff Koons living sculpture, stay for the wine: A map of LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries

Sam Lubell, The new LACMA is divisive. It’s also ambitious, disorienting — and radically alive

Jane Horowitz, A $15 million Compton arts center is in the works thanks to this formerly incarcerated painter

The New York Times

Robin Pogrebin, An Audacious $724 Million Building Reinvents LACMA

Carol Vogel, Matisse is a Crowd-Pleaser. Here’s What the Crowds Rarely Get to See

Victoria Burnett and Zachary Small, Protests in Mexico Challenge Move of Frida Kahlo Trove to Spain

The New Yorker

Hilton Als, How Robert Rauschenberg Made the Real Realer

Observer

Jennifer Ashley Wright, The Most Outrageous Woman Who Ever Spent a Fortune

Camille Dubois and Esther Kremer, In Luxury Arts Publishing, Artists Are Reclaiming the Narrative

Elisa Carollo, At the New Museum, Parallel Visions of Humanity’s Future Emerge

Elisa Carollo, Sotheby’s Evelyn Lin On Asia’s Maturing Market, Young Collectors and the New Rules of the Hong Kong Sale

Elisa Carollo, Meet the Collector: Why Evan Chow Doesn’t Believe in the Coup de Foudre

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Surveillance footage of protests reworked into installation on policing, injury

April 7, 2026

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 14:14:53 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is How Josh Kline Wrote the Essay That the Art World Can’t Stop Talking About by Alex Greenberger for ARTnews. Josh Kline shares more about his viral essay, which argues that soaring New York rents and art-world power imbalances are making contemporary art increasingly unsustainable.

Apollo Magazine

Eve M. Kahn, Edmonia Lewis’s life is shrouded in silence, but her sculptures speak for themselves

From the Editors, Nicola Turner

Art in America

Ara H. Merjian, Five Essential Books About Marcel Duchamp

The Art Newspaper

Elena Goukassian, Judge rules dealer David Nahmad must return $30m Nazi-looted Modigliani

Gareth Harris, Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto sends message of ‘preventive peace’ on digital billboards around the world

Maev Kennedy, Gods, emperors and eagles restored in Blenheim Palace roof-rescue mission

Anni Irish, Overdue payments to artists, landlords and workers at a popular gallery reflect pressures squeezing the dealer sector

Ruth Lopez, Closure of DePaul Art Museum leaves collection in limbo

Osman Can Yerebakan, A renewed focus on rigour and connection at Expo Chicago

Anny Shaw, Milan’s contemporary art credentials further bolstered by arrival of Paris Internationale

Carlie Porterfield, Lalanne mirrors owned by Yves Saint Laurent and a classic Diane Arbus photo: our pick of the April auctions

Anna Brady, Museum acquisitions round-up: Andy Warhol in an apron, a solid-silver relief and Christo’s luggage rack

Benjamin Sutton, Art Institute of Chicago’s first Norman Rockwell acquisition is a home run

Artforum

Gemma Sieff, Ben Lerner’s Transcription and the Literary Readymade

From the Editors, Billionaire Art Dealer Loses Bid for Nazi-Looted Modigliani After Decade-Long Battle

From the Editors, Artist Ali Cherri Files Civil Complaint Against Israel for Killing His Family; Committing a War Crime

From the Editors, Chile’s Violeta Parra Museum Reopens Six Years After Arson

From the Editors, Belu-Simion Fainaru, Representing Israel at the Venice Biennale, Responds to Calls for Country to Be Ejected from Event

Artnet

Richard Whiddington, Yves Saint Laurent’s Lalanne Mirrors Set for $15 Million Sale

Jo Lawson-Tancred, Rare Portraits Reveal How Elizabeth I Turned Image Into Power

Sarah Cascone, $25 Million Modigliani Goes to Jewish Heir in Landmark Restitution Case

Vittoria Benzine, Pete Davidson’s Pop-Filled Art Collection Revealed in Westchester Home Listing

ARTnews

Tessa Solomon, Thomas Zipp, Visionary Installation Artist With a Punk Sensibility, Has Died

EDITOR’S PICK - Alex Greenberger, How Josh Kline Wrote the Essay That the Art World Can’t Stop Talking About: “If we don’t understand the world we’re living in and where it comes from, we can’t build a better one,” Kline said.

Daniel Cassady, Fair Warning Expands With Saara Pritchard, Doubling Down on ‘Conviction’ in a Crowded Art Market

Maximilíano Durón, Famed Gelman Collection Will Return to Mexico by 2028

Anne Doran, Two Rare Keith Haring Art Cars to Be Exhibited in New York This Month

Harrison Jacobs, Trump Administration Claims Halting $400 M. White House Ballroom Renovation Is National Security Risk

Brian Boucher, Ex-Staffers Say the US Holocaust Museum Altered Website and Canceled Programming to Avoid Angering Trump

Alex Greenberger, Israel’s Venice Biennale Artist Responds to Calls for Exclusion: ‘I Do Not Support Cultural Boycotts’

Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, The New Museum’s ‘New Humans’ Reckons With Human-Machine Relations in the Workplace

ArtReview

Yuwen Jiang, A Muddy History of Plant-Hunting

From the Editors, Thomas Zipp, artist with a sideways sense of history, 1966–2026

BOMB

Heidi Howard, Ye Zhu by Heidi Howard

The Brooklyn Rail

Phong H. Bui, Dear Friends and Readers

Hearne Pardee, APRIL GORNIK with Hearne Pardee

Charles M. Schultz, DOROTHEA ROCKBURNE with Charles M. Schultz

David Rhodes, VÁCLAV POŽÁREK with David Rhodes

William Corwin, MIKE CLOUD & NYEEMA MORGAN with William Corwin

Joachim Pissarro and Jennifer Stockman, PADMANABH SINGH & NOELLE KADAR with Joachim Pissarro & Jennifer Stockman

Cultured

Melissa Smith, Brian Boucher, Julia Halperin, and Janelle Zara, The 2026 CULTURED Power Advisor List: Meet the Art Advisors Shaping the World’s Top Collections

Karly Quadros, Where Would the Culture Be Without Martha Graham? Twyla Tharp, Donna Karan, and More Weigh In.

Delaney Kim, Heading to Expo Chicago? Here Are 13 Must-See Shows Now on View in the Windy City

Galerie

Rena Gross, Marina Abramović and Ornellaia Announce Her First Wine Collaboration

The Guardian

Stephen Burgen, Spanish politicians clash over request to move Picasso’s Guernica

Alice Fisher, ‘Even more beautiful than I imagined’: the nifty Japanese printing gadget uniting artists worldwide

Hyperallergic

John Yau, The Unbearable Strangeness of Being

Tavia Nyong’o, The Museum Breathing Life Into New York’s Downtown Performance Scene

Cecily Parks, Peep the Wildest Costumes of This Year’s Easter Bonnet Parade

Rhea Nayyar, A Dedicated Ruth Asawa Space Is Coming to San Francisco

Renée Reizman, LA Artists Honor Dolores Huerta’s Defiant Spirit

Rhea Nayyar, Dutch Museum Discovers 8-Inch Ancient Roman Phallus

The New York Times

Blake Gopnik, How Duchamp Inspired These 4 Artists

Blake Gopnik, A Brief History of 4 Urinals

Blake Gopnik, In 1917, He Made a Urinal Into Art. We’re Still Discussing.

Observer

Mercedes Ezquiaga, Behind the Rise of Contemporary Peruvian Art

Elisa Carollo, Under Director Kate Sierzputowski, EXPO CHICAGO Bets On Renewed Institutional Depth

Daniel Grant, Why the World’s Biggest Banks Are Getting Into the Art Advisory Business

OCULA

Aimee Walleston, Picture This

Joe Ware, Artist Ali Cherri Files War Crime Case Over Israeli Strike That Killed Parents

Urgent Matter

Adam Schrader, Hispanic Society Museum acquires first Portuguese paintings, Wifredo Lam work

Adam Schrader, Surveillance footage of protests reworked into installation on policing, injury

April 6, 2026

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:20:22 GMT

Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Biennials and the Environmental Cost of Global Art by Manuela Moscoso for Artforum. A defense of biennials that calls for reframing ecological criticism to focus on reciprocity and stewardship rather than mobility alone.

Airmail

Peter Saenger, Noguchi at Play

Art in America

John P. Murphy, How the New Deal Treated Art as Essential to Democracy

The Art Newspaper

Daniel Grant, Irreconcilable differences: Canadian cultural tourism to the US experiences a steep decline

Annabel Keenan, Monumental 37ft-long Indian scroll goes on public view for the first time at Yale Center for British Art

Artforum

Theo Belci, Schlock Jock: Joshua Citarella at the Whitney Biennial

Katherine Rochester, Obsessive Geometries: Bettina, the Chelsea Hotel’s Recluse Artist

EDITOR’S PICK - Manuela Moscoso, Biennials and the Environmental Cost of Global Art: CIRCULATION IS THE CONDITION of the biennial as a form. Artworks move, artists move, audiences move.

Daniel Birnbaum, The Biennial as Art Form in an Age of Global Fatigue